[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hello All: > I've been running my new ECS K7S5A for a couple weeks now with great > results, except for a couple little details: > >1) Framebuffer console does not work. I've tried using the VESA fb and > the Rive/GeForce fb from the stock Mandrake kernel but it still gives > only 640x480 (80x25). I do get the boot Mandrake logo but it doesn't > change anything if I specify "vga=788" or "vga=791". > >2) If I switch to a console the X server hangs. The machine is still > alive but at minimum I need to restart X to get back the display. > > I can live for now without the fb console, but the X-session hang is a > show-stopper. I'm using the most recent NVidia drivers and the > 2.4.18-6 kernel from Mandrake 8.2. > >Thanks for any tips. >Kwan > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Well, it sounds like you are using the latest commercial NVidia drivers.
Framebuffer is not well supported by NVidia or their drivers. All I see on booting framebuffer with an NForce chipset is the blue bar along the bottom, though framebuffer worked outstandingly for the install. With XFree drivers I get good framebuffer results except when switching out to console where the vga= has been lost. This isn't apparently a fixable problem without some better tech info from NVidia. Civileme
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