Re: voodoo3

[lbedford wbtsystems com]

On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 03:30:39AM -0400, David Huggins-Daines wrote:
> Graham Van Epps <gvanepps@gankish.net> writes:
> 
> > i dont suppose anyone got the linux frame buffer working with one of
> > these.  i personally use console a lot, and the fb device makes it much
> > more usable, and it also looks pretty sweet:)  right now i hear the fb
> > support for the matrox cards is "sketchy".  any thoughts?
> 
> _fbdev_ works fine (for XF86_FBDev, GGI, or what have you).  However,
> _fbcon_ (the graphical console) does not work with any driver other
> than tgafb as far as I can tell (I've had no luck with matroxfb on
> Millennium I, nor with pm2fb on ELSA GLoria Synergy).
dunno.. I compiled 2.4.0-test1 with matroxfb support (I have a mystique)
and boot linux video=matrox:vesa:0x117 (1024x768x16) works
fine.. and I get a penguin when booting.. I miss that from x86 land :)

BTW, if you have a UX, don't bother with the Voodoo's.. they don't
work. Or not in mine (and I think I have the latest version of
the ARCSBIOS (1.3.062)) at the very least..

L.
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