From: Andrew Apted <ajapted@netspace.net.au>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 02:05:18 +1000

Re: Problems with ATI Mach64 Driver...

Peter Hawkins writes:

>  error: kgifb_set_var: Unsupported bpp '8'
>  error: kgicon: Cannot find any usable video mode.
>  mach64.c:134: Display start: 0x0 pixels
>  mach64.c:135: Display pitch: 0x50 pixels
>  Mach64 CT/VT/GT integrated PLL clock driver removed.
>  ATI Technologies Integrated DAC driver removed.
>  Restoring card to original state.
>  kgim_chipset_done: chipset driver removed.
>  exit_kgi: Finished.
>  
>  Any ideas? I'm a kgi newbie... I tried changing fbcon-kgi.c - int
>  kgicon_bpp = 8; to int kgicon_bpp = 16;, but that just changed the
>  unsupported bpp message from '8' to '16'. Any ideas?

insmod fbcon-cfb8 ?  

More specifically, the kernel needs fbcon-cfb8 in it (compiled in or as
a module) before 8 bit modes will work.  Similiarly for 16 etc...

Cheers,
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