From: Javier M. <jm...@po...> - 2002-10-16 00:08:12
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Hi Petr, I am doing a package for Gentoo with some tools for matrox dual-head cards, mainly developed by you and available on your ftp. I am using linux 2.4.20-pre8-ac3 at the moment. I hadn't used the second head too much until now. I patched my kernel with fbset-through-vt-2.4.19-rc5.gz, mga-2.4.19-rc5-tvout.gz was already merged by Alan Cox on his tree. However I get oopses often when using a console on my TV if I am playing with matroxset & fbset, which I am right now as I am polishing some scripts and default config files to include in the package for Gentoo. I have just removed it from my kernel and I'll see if the oopses show up again. I tried matroxfb-vsync-irq-patch-2.4.19 too, but with it I cannot use at all any board on my first PCI slot since the Matrox is using the IRQ. What is the patch good for? I just have a crowded PC and no free slots. I send attached two of the scripts I've written. There is something which I could not yet understand. If you run 'mgafb.sh pal fb1 4' to set fb1 in pal mode and control virtual console 4, in principle works just fine. If I run it from tvgetty.sh from inittab there aren't any kind of problems, but if I launch it from another console, the first time works as expected, but after the first one, not only console 4 changes of mode, but the console I am calling it from also changes to pal mode. I couldn't understand why. DO you see any reason? Besides, if you read tvgetty.sh, you'll see a line with 'setfont'. That's because without it I do not get 8bit mode on that console, and thus can't see extended characters. Is it normal that I have to re-run that kind of init scripts, which are system-wide (for all the consoles) on my system, for the second head? I hope I made me clear enough. Otherwise, tell me what needs to be clarified. -- Javier Marcet <jm...@po...> Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus |