From: Marcus Sundberg <mackan@stacken.kth.se>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 09:51:28 +0000

Re: kgicon partial success...

Edward S. Marshall wrote:
> Here's what dmesg gave me:
> 
> IBM VGA chipset driver rev $Revision: 1.3 $
> Detected 256KBytes of Video RAM
> Monosync monitor driver rev $Revision: 1.4 $
> monosync.c:95: standard 14" Super VGA (1024x768 pxl, 240 x 180 mm<B2>, 31-58 kHz, 50-75 Hz)
> VGA DAC driver rev. $Revision: 1.1 $
> VGA clock driver rev $Revision: 1.1 $,  common code:$Revision: 1.2 $
> IBM VGA driver loaded.
> kgifb_init: xres 640 yres 400 bpp 8 vaddr 0xc00a0000 paddr 0xa0000 size 65536
> Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x25
> fb0: KGI frame buffer device using 64K of video memory
> 
> Here's my kgicon .config:
> 
> MON_CLASS=monosync
> MON_TYPE=SVGA
> CHIP_CLASS=IBM
> CHIP_TYPE=vga
> ACCEL_CLASS=IBM
> ACCEL_TYPE=vga
> CLK_CLASS=fixed
> CLK_TYPE=vga
> DAC_CLASS=IBM
> DAC_TYPE=vga

VGA does not support 8 bpp in 640x400, and thus not the VGA driver
either. This most likely your problem. But the weird thing is
that the driver allows setting this mode. Something is broken in
kgicon or the VGA driver. Try using a 4 or 1 bpp mode, or
use 320x200.

//Marcus
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