On 1/13/07, mike lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/13/07, Duncan Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lucian Muresan wrote: > > > Jason Tackaberry wrote: > > >> On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 23:31 +0800, mike lewis wrote: > > >>> Before I go off to bed I just have to say that I figured out what the > > >>> issue was. vidix wasn't detecting the RAm size of my card. So I hard > > >>> coded the RAM size (from 16 to 32) and now there is not more artifacts > > >>> on the screen. > > >> > > >> Where did you hardcode this? > > > > > > I think the proper way is not to hardcode it, but to apply the so-called > > > "matroxfb-full-memory" kernel patch. Another useful patch might be the > > > one called "matroxfb-g400-clock", I don't know why they haven't made it > > > into the kernel for such a long time. You can find older versions of > > > them in the 'patches' directory of the DirectFB source, and I guess they > > > apply to recent kernels too, or you can easily adapt them by hand. If > > > you prefer, you can use mine attached in this message, already adapted > > > for 2.6.18 (should also apply to 2.6.19), the one called > > > linux-2.6.18_matroxfb-address-ioctl_v3.diff is necessary for newer > > > versions of DirectFB. > > > > I wouldn't use the "matroxfb-g400-clock" patch, Villi recommended to use > > it and I tried it recently and it fucked up the driver big time. May be > > it depends on the card a bit, mines a DH with sdram. > > > > The "matroxfb-full-memory" is good though. > > > Hmm, Not sure about this one.. I'm not useing FB just mga_vid under X?? > I just had another look at mga_vid.c in under vidix and I still can't work out how they are working out the RAM size. But I'm sure these two feature (matroxfb and mga_vid) are not one in the same...
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