Re: Framebuffer settings for the Matrox MGA Milenium

[Eric G . Miller]

On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 04:01:12PM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote:
> Since I couldn't use the framebuffer with my ATI Rage IIc I switched
> to an old Matrox MGA Milenium card. It does work perfectly but I don't
> know the lilo.conf values (vga=...; append=...) to get a 880x660-72
> display or similar. 

When using the append= mode you have to specify the values in decimal
rather than the hexadecimal given in
linux/Documentation/fb/matroxfb.txt. For instance, I have:

...
vga=normal
delay=20
image=/vmlinuz
        label=linux-2.2.14
        read-only
        append="video=matrox:vesa:280"

in /etc/lilo.conf.  This puts the display in 32 bpp 1024x768 mode.  You
may want something less for a regular Millenium.  Many standard values
are given in the above doc, you just need to convert them to decimal.

0x118:: 8 x 16^0 + 1 x 16^1 + 1 x 16^2 = 280

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