From: Peter Hawkins <dph-man@iname.com>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 16:26:49 +1000

Re: Problems with ATI Mach64 Driver...

Hi there...
Andrew Apted wrote:

> 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 ?

Same error. I hadn't inserted it or compiled it before. Tried compiling
cfb[2-8] and mfb into kernel. Same error. Tried compiling them all as
modules and inserting them all. Same error. Any ideas?

> 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...

Except that it still doesn't work even with fbcon-cfb8.

:-(
Peter