From: Tano Fotang <fotang@yahoo.com>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 22:14:55 +0100

Re: please help: insmod kgicon.o ->unreadable console displays

---becka@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de wrote:
>
> 
> > good morning,
> > (i cant find a suitable mailing list for my question so i'll just
> > ask here and hope to survive it..)
> 
> > i just installed linux 2.2.0 with support for the experimental
> > frame buffer thingie. Installed ggi/kgi too. Now, when kgicon.o is
> > insmod:ed, all consoles switch to a mode where characters on the
> > screen are so huge that it takes just 6 characters to fill the whole
> > screen. Also, any new text that is typed is written on top of
> > what's already on the screen.
> 
> > Any idea as to what i did wrong? cat /proc/fb --> 0 KGI
> 
> Could you give some more information ?
> 
> What KGI driver do you use ? What are the kernel config options you set ?
> What shows up in the logs ?


More info follows. I was using the autoconf thing in the KGI "make
config". My graphics board:Elsa winner 1000Trio/V.
I have repeated 'make config' again and chosen
options which correspond more to my hardware. Result:black screens.
I'll explain in a seperate email.
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tail /var/log/messages:
Feb  2 19:33:02 sula kernel: VGA DAC driver rev. $Revision: 1.6 $
Feb  2 19:33:02 sula kernel: VGA clock driver rev $Revision: 1.5 $, 
common code:$Revision: 1.7 $
Feb  2 19:33:02 sula kernel: IBM VGA driver loaded.
Feb  2 19:33:02 sula kernel: error: kgifb_set_var: Unsupported bpp '1'.
Feb  2 19:33:02 sula kernel: error: kgifb_set_var: Unsupported bpp '1'.
Feb  2 19:33:02 sula kernel: kgifb_init: xres 640 yres 400 bpp 8 vaddr
0xc00a0000 paddr 0xa0000 size 65536
Feb  2 19:33:02 sula kernel: Console: switching to colour frame buffer
device 80x25
Feb  2 19:33:02 sula kernel: fb0: KGI frame buffer device using 64K of
video memory