Getting the framebuffer to work with nvidia graphics cards

DefconAlpha · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2003 11:12 pm Post subject: MPlayer / Console

I use mplayer to play stuff in plain 80x25 console when X fscks up. Try using svgalib to play

pYrania · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 1:50 pm Post subject:

Well i just got the 1280x1024x16M fbmode running with

taskara · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 3:17 pm Post subject:

anyone know what I need to get framebuffer (1024x768@16bit) working on a dell inspiron 8200 laptop with ati radeon 9000 ?

ta!
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pYrania · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 10:51 pm Post subject:

I'd say you don't need anything more than the vesa framebuffer kernel module.. err installed into kernel .. whatever i am drunk

well compile vesa framebuffer support into your kernel and set your grub options like mine.
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taskara · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 11:37 pm Post subject:

ta.. I'll give it a go!

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pYrania · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 5:57 am Post subject:

goddamn i am impressed seeing mplayer playing movies with the svgalib and no x server running.
I never thought this would be possible.

Thanks for the hint, DefconAlpha.
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carrett · Apprentice Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 273

i don't know if anyone else has had this problem, i'm using the nvidia drivers with a gf4 and my relevant boot parameters are:

taskara · Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 9:32 pm Post subject:

lol... still trying to get framebuffer working on my nforce!
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phlashback · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2003 2:25 am Post subject:

taskara:

If you dont mind my asking.... how much memory do you have on you nforce board, and how much videomemory on your video card.

also are you trying to use vesafb......

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=274717#274717

if you have => 832 MB RAM.... the link above may help

Good luck

carrett · Apprentice Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 273

i have 512mb on the card...i don't know about the board...
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taskara · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2003 3:10 am Post subject:

carrett · Apprentice Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 273

this isn't the same problem though, i'm just having the moving lines, i can see and type, and it only happens when i EXIT X, before i load X, everything's nice and pretty and the way i like it....so....i don't know what to do....
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phlashback · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2003 3:27 am Post subject:

taskara:

I will almost garuntee that your problem will be solved by the patch that i made :wink:

.... given that I had my framebuffer dissapear when I went from 512 to 1024, and after some poking around, and looking into the lkml I found this as the hack around (I dont take credit for the fix, just turning it into a patch.. and bringing it to these forums)

good luck.. and let me know if you have any problems with it

carrett:
just for arguments sake, do you by chance have the rivafb compiled in the kernel.. if so remove it. are you sure about the 512 MB being video memory, sounds a bit large for that :lol:

but then again I could be wrong.. I have been before :oops:

Unfortunatly I personaly have not experience this, so I am at a loss.... maby try a diffrent version of the nvidia drivers....

good luck to you as well, and sorry I cant be more of a help on your problem

carrett · Apprentice Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 273

i'm trying to see if i can't get a screenshot so you all can see what i'm talking about.
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phlashback · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2003 3:45 am Post subject:

carrett:

get fbgrab..... read the manual entry, and it shuld help you get your screen shot :wink:

carrett · Apprentice Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 273

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~carrett/images/error.png

i guess fbgrab doesn't show the error i'm seeing. there are lines running down my monitor, i can still read everything and the console's perfectly usable, it's just kinda annoying. anyone got a better fb screenshot utility that might show what i'm talking about? anyone had this problem??
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taskara · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2003 4:57 am Post subject:

could be a refresh rate problem ??
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