I got the following information from someone who doesn't like to post to the list. I haven't had time to try out the suggested mode, though.
> There is no kernel driver for get 'Matrox acceleration' in the 2.2 > kernels yet. The 2.3 beta has it. The best you can do right now for > 2.2 generic VESA is to use mode 315 (decimal) which gets you 800x600 > graphic mode 32 bit color. > I also have a G200. What I don't understand is that the newer BIOS > upgrades for it are limited like the G400 is in generic VESA modes. > If you use one of the old BIOS's you get all the hi-res modes. The > accelerated Matrox fb modes work only on the new BIOS's. > This stuff is all pretty new, aways changing and official > documentation is still incomplete. On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 09:53:12PM -0500, Aaron Solochek wrote: > In light of all this talk, I decided to give my g400 frame buffer > another shot. I Recompiled my kernel, with support for the g100/g200 > framebuffer devices. I added the lines below to my lilo.conf > > append="video=matrox:vesa:280" > > That worked. I got a very nice frame buffer console. However, once I > started X, and ctrl-alt'ed to another termianl, the video is all > garbled, like its refresh isn't syncing or something. How do you fix > that? > > -Aaron Solochek > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > "Eric G . Miller" wrote: > > > > I'm using a G200, but the .config should be only modestly different: > > > > # > > # Console drivers > > # > > CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y > > CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y > > # CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set > > CONFIG_FB=y # Gotta have that > > CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y # and that. > > # CONFIG_FB_PM2 is not set > > # CONFIG_FB_VESA is not set # oops, better take that vesa > > # ref. out of lilo :) > > # CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set > > CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y > > CONFIG_FB_MATROX=y > > # CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MILLENIUM is not set > > # CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MYSTIQUE is not set > > CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100=y > > # CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MULTIHEAD is not set # You might want this for G400 > > # I don't know if it does > > # anything... > > # CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set > > # CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set > > CONFIG_FBCON_ADVANCED=y > > # CONFIG_FBCON_MFB is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_CFB2 is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_CFB4 is not set > > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y # You definitely want these. > > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=y > > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB24=y > > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=y > > # CONFIG_FBCON_AFB is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_ILBM is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_IPLAN2P2 is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_IPLAN2P4 is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_IPLAN2P8 is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_MAC is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_VGA_PLANES is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_VGA is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_FONTWIDTH8_ONLY is not set > > # CONFIG_FBCON_FONTS is not set > > CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y # Don't know if these matter. > > CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y > > > > -- > > +----------------------------------------------------+ > > | Eric G. Miller egm2@jps.net | > > | GnuPG public key: http://www.jps.net/egm2/gpg.asc | > > +----------------------------------------------------+ > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
