linuxconsole-dev

trying 2.6.8.1

[Hugo V. <hvw...@ya...>]

Hi!

After trying 2.6.0 last October and getting nowhere, I
decided to try 2.6.8.1 + patch found here:
http://www.saring.de/derdani/ruby/patch-2.6.8.1-ruby.bz2

I have:
PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2
Model 64/Model 64 Pro]
and:
PCI:*(0:11:0) nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440
AGP 8x]

Compiled the kernel on Debian Sarge with:

<snip>
#
# Graphics support
#
CONFIG_FB=y
...
CONFIG_FB_VGA16=y
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
# CONFIG_FB_HGA is not set
CONFIG_FB_RIVA=y
CONFIG_FB_RIVA_I2C=y
...

#
# Console display driver support
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FONTS=y
...
CONFIG_FONT_SUN12x22=y

#
# Logo configuration
#
CONFIG_LOGO=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_MONO=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_VGA16=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224=y
<snip>

and booted with:
append=" hdc=ide-scsi apm=on video=vesa:font:SUN12x22"
vga=794
 
and also with just:
vga=794

Both times just got a blank screen.
Am I dead with those nVidia cards? Or am I doing the
kernel wrong?

Thanks!

Hugo.
















		
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Re: trying 2.6.8.1

[Aivils <ai...@un...>]

On Wednesday 08 September 2004 22:20, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Hi!
>=20
> After trying 2.6.0 last October and getting nowhere, I
> decided to try 2.6.8.1 + patch found here:
> http://www.saring.de/derdani/ruby/patch-2.6.8.1-ruby.bz2

In theory You may use CVS repositary
cvs -d:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/linuxconsole login
=20
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/linuxconsole co r=
uby

> I have:
> PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2
> Model 64/Model 64 Pro]
> and:
> PCI:*(0:11:0) nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440
> AGP 8x]
>=20
> Compiled the kernel on Debian Sarge with:
>=20
> <snip>
> #
> # Graphics support
> #
> CONFIG_FB=3Dy
> ....
> CONFIG_FB_VGA16=3Dy
> CONFIG_FB_VESA=3Dy
> CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=3Dy
> # CONFIG_FB_HGA is not set
> CONFIG_FB_RIVA=3Dy
> CONFIG_FB_RIVA_I2C=3Dy
> ....
>=20
> #
> # Console display driver support
> #
> CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=3Dy
> # CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set
> CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=3Dy
> CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=3Dy
> CONFIG_FONTS=3Dy
> ....
> CONFIG_FONT_SUN12x22=3Dy
>=20
> #
> # Logo configuration
> #
> CONFIG_LOGO=3Dy
> CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_MONO=3Dy
> CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_VGA16=3Dy
> CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224=3Dy
> <snip>
>=20
> and booted with:
> append=3D" hdc=3Dide-scsi apm=3Don video=3Dvesa:font:SUN12x22"
> vga=3D794
> =20
> and also with just:
> vga=3D794

vga=3Dnormal ?

> Both times just got a blank screen.

If You cannot see VGA output , then 2.6.XX is not for You :)

> Am I dead with those nVidia cards? Or am I doing the
> kernel wrong?

=46ortunately input only layer is done with "unserious" work,
work done by James during year 2001.
Unfortunately framebuffer console ask for "serious" work.

=46rom 2.6.0 to 2.6.8 i lost all 3 fbdev drivers atifb sstfb tdfxfb.
"lost" means drivers will not work.
fbdev driver debug is not very fascinating idea.

=46or me runs outer space fb driver vesafb-tng
http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/
This patch goes over ruby cleanly. Be careful with this one.
Some users report strange errors like gcc segfault and so on.
Also it will not run on SMP systems.

Aivils

Re: trying 2.6.8.1

[Hugo V. <hvw...@ya...>]

Hi,

Thanks Aivils!!!

I tried vanilla linus WITHOUT the patch and that
works.

So I guess the patch is dead.

Unrelated to Ruby but to 2.6.x: I used to get great
fonts by setting the fonts to sun12x22 and vga=794.
That font would beat SVGATextMode on 2.4.x.

But you cannot do that anymore! Now vga=x does nothing
although the item is checked on the kernel config.
Instead what you get is the font you check. That means
that vc console font under 2.6.x is ALWAYS worse than
with SVGATextMode...

Too bad.

Hugo

--- Aivils <ai...@un...> wrote:

> On Wednesday 08 September 2004 22:20, Hugo
> Vanwoerkom wrote:

...

> 
> In theory You may use CVS repositary
> cvs
>
-d:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/linuxconsole
> login
>  
> cvs -z3
>
-d:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/linuxconsole
> co ruby
> 

...

> 
> vga=normal ?
> 
> > Both times just got a blank screen.
> 
> If You cannot see VGA output , then 2.6.XX is not
> for You :)
> 
> > Am I dead with those nVidia cards? Or am I doing
> the
> > kernel wrong?
> 
> Fortunately input only layer is done with
> "unserious" work,
> work done by James during year 2001.
> Unfortunately framebuffer console ask for "serious"
> work.
> 
> From 2.6.0 to 2.6.8 i lost all 3 fbdev drivers atifb
> sstfb tdfxfb.
> "lost" means drivers will not work.
> fbdev driver debug is not very fascinating idea.
> 
> For me runs outer space fb driver vesafb-tng
> http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/
> This patch goes over ruby cleanly. Be careful with
> this one.
> Some users report strange errors like gcc segfault
> and so on.
> Also it will not run on SMP systems.
> 
> Aivils
> 
> 
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Re: trying 2.6.8.1

[Helge H. <hel...@hi...>]

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Thanks Aivils!!!
>
>I tried vanilla linus WITHOUT the patch and that
>works.
>
>So I guess the patch is dead.
>
>Unrelated to Ruby but to 2.6.x: I used to get great
>fonts by setting the fonts to sun12x22 and vga=794.
>That font would beat SVGATextMode on 2.4.x.
>  
>
The framebuffer parameters changed in 2.6.  You can still
set resolution, color depth and frequencies, but the command
line parameters are different.  See the directory Documentation/fb
and the file for your card. 
The kernel parameters for a matrox framebuffer is like this:
video=matroxfb:vesa:0x1BB

One reason for this is support for machines with several
framebuffers - it is now possible to specify parameters for
each of them on the kernel command line. "vga=" didn't do that.

Helge Hafting

Re: trying 2.6.8.1 - again

[Hugo V. <hvw...@ya...>]

--- Aivils <ai...@un...> wrote:

Right! Runs outer space for me too, got 1280x1024 +
sun12x22 again! But NOT with the Ruby patch!

Why is that? My BIOS + TNT2 AGP + 2.6.8.1 Ruby won't
work? I get the penguin but garbage on the screen and
everything hangs :-(

Hugo


> 
> For me runs outer space fb driver vesafb-tng
> http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/
> This patch goes over ruby cleanly. Be careful with
> this one.
> Some users report strange errors like gcc segfault
> and so on.
> Also it will not run on SMP systems.
> 
> Aivils
> 



		
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Re: trying 2.6.8.1 - again

[Aivils <ai...@un...>]

On Thursday 09 September 2004 20:50, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> 
> --- Aivils <ai...@un...> wrote:
> 
> Right! Runs outer space for me too, got 1280x1024 +
> sun12x22 again! But NOT with the Ruby patch!
> 
> Why is that? My BIOS + TNT2 AGP + 2.6.8.1 Ruby won't
> work? I get the penguin but garbage on the screen and
> everything hangs :-(
 Of course Your hardware is good.

Reports about ruby fbcon was and is extreme discrepant.
So code have alpha quality.
Seems some linus tree fb drivers have 0 testers :(

As soon as i think ruby fbcon development is not  toothache
i build secondary linux box for remote debuging and start
the work :)

Aivils