Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] My Matrox G200 died with 2.5.51

[James S. <jsi...@in...>]

> I compiled the new 2.5.51 kernel and enabled the new framebuffer with 
> the VESA generic driver.
> My system is a Slackware 8.0. My graphic card was a Matrox G200 and the 
> resolution of fb console was 1024 X 768, 16M of colors (0x318).
> When I rebooted with my new kernel, i noted that fb didn't work well 
> (when i switched from a tty to another, some parts of the first tty were 
> "pasted" to the second).
> When I rebooted, my Matrox G200 died definetly.  I've made something 
> wrong or it's an fb's bug?
> If it is a bug, I hope to have been helpful.
> see you,

Your card died :-( Sounds like your hardware bit the dust. The VESA code 
isn't able to kill any cards as it depends on the BIOS to do the right 
thing.