From: Marcus Sundberg <mackan@stacken.kth.se>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 08:15:30 +0000

Re: More trouble with kgicon.o

Jan Kneschke wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Tano Fotang wrote:
> 
> > good evening,
> > After insmod:ing kgicon, all terminals go pitch black. Cannot
> > see anything. I'd be greatful for any tips as I can't think
> > of anything else to try.
> > /fotang
> > ----
> > I have experimented with the following without any success:
> >
> > insmod kgicon
> > insmod kgicon kgicon_width=640 kgicon_height=400
> > insmod kgicon kgicon_width=640 kgicon_height=400 kgicon_bpp=1
> >
> > My graphics board:Elsa Winner 1000Trio/V (2MB)
> > kernel log is always the same:
> > #tail /var/log/messages:
> > Feb  2 20:28:49 sula kernel: S3 86c765 (Trio64) chipset driver rev $Revision: 1.9 $
> > Feb  2 20:28:49 sula kernel: 86c765.c:342: default values: ff 01 f1 1b ff ff ff 80 ff
> > Feb  2 20:28:49 sula kernel: VGA clock driver rev $Revision: 1.5 $, common code:$Revision: 1.7 $
> > Feb  2 20:28:49 sula kernel: Manufacturer Model driver loaded.
> > Feb  2 20:28:49 sula kernel: kgifb_init: xres 640 yres 400 bpp 8 vaddr 0xc5858000 paddr 0xf8000000 size 1048576
> > Feb  2 20:28:49 sula kernel: Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x25
> > Feb  2 20:28:49 sula kernel: fb0: KGI frame buffer device using 1024K of video memory
>
> ok, until here everything works for you. next step is
> 
> con2fbmap 0 1
> 
> con2fbmap is in /kgicon/util/
> 
> this is also described in /kgicon/README.install

No, read his log again. He doesn't have another framebuffer device
so con2fbmap is not needed.

Tano, after you have inserted the module, try to switch to another
console (one where you have a login prompt) and press enter a few
times. It is normal that all consoles goes black when inserting
a KGIcon module, but new text should appear when you actually type
something.

If that doesn't work there's some other problem.
For example, is the VGA clock driver really supposed to work with
a Trio? Doesn't those things have an internal clock?

//Marcus
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