On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 07:33:02PM -0400, Brendan Cully wrote: > On Saturday, 09 September 2000 at 16:02, Parrish M Myers wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone know how to pass the "video=..." argument to the matroxfb > > module? I have tried the following: > > > > options matroxfb video=matrox:vesa:0x1BB > > > > and then some variations of that. Every time I try to do this the > > matroxfb module complains that "param_video" is a non-valid argument. > > Does anyone know how to do this properly? > > a quick look at /usr/src/linux/drivers/matrox/matroxfb_base.c (in > 2.4.0-test8) indicates you should be able to do: > > options matroxfb vesa=0x1BB > > > I am assuming I can't send the 'video=...' line by means of lilo > > because the matroxfb is a module and not compiled into the kernel. > > right.
I've never had luck with compiling it as a module and not using fbset. If this works for you, let me know. Perhaps this is only available in 2.4.x ? -- /bin/sh ~/.signature: Command not found
