Well, I can tell you what not to do. Do not just rem out the matrox frame buffer in the /etc/modules file. This caused me so much trouble that I ended up (with a wing and a prayer) putting it back in, in the hope that everything would work again. So far it does.
I get the anoying little white square when you swap screens too. On 2002.10.06 15:49 Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > How can I disable (rmmod) framebuffer device which was activated by > "modprobe tdfxfb". (I am using stock 2.4.19-686-smp kernel-image) > > Simple "rmmod tdfxfb" does not work: > > # "rmmod tdfxfb > tdfxfb: Device or resource busy > > I know I can reboot but that is not cool. > > Osamu > > PS: I am having funny cursor (Big white rectangle) problem in FB. > That > is the reason I want to disable it. Is there any good FB guide? > > LDP document is old (2000 for 2.2 kernel) > > -- > ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ > +++++ > Osamu Aoki @ Cupertino CA USA, GPG-key: A8061F32 > .''`. Debian Reference: post-installation user's guide for > non-developers > : :' : http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ also > http://qref.sf.net > `. `' "Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software" --- Social > Contract > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
