geode: Add a VSA2 ID for General Software

Kushal Koolwal kushalkoolwal at hotmail.com
Fri Jun 13 17:16:31 EDT 2008


> Check for CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE in your .config
Indeed that was the issue.
Mine was  CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=m
Setting it to  CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y and i can see the tux logo.

Thanks Jordan very much for your time and support! Much much appreciated!!

Kushal Koolwal

I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/



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> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:11:33 -0600
> From: jordan.crouse at amd.com
> To: kushalkoolwal at hotmail.com
> CC: linux-geode at bombadil.infradead.org; dilinger at queued.net
> Subject: Re: geode:  Add a VSA2 ID for General Software
> 
> On 13/06/08 12:19 -0700, Kushal Koolwal wrote:
> >  
> > > Step 3 is to send us the fbset information from a broken system
> > debian:~# fbset -i
> > mode "1024x768-60"
> >     # D: 64.998 MHz, H: 48.362 kHz, V: 60.002 Hz
> >     geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16
> >     timings 15385 160 24 29 3 136 6
> >     hsync high
> >     vsync high
> >     rgba 5/11,6/5,5/0,0/0
> > endmode
> 
> This is right.
> 
> > > step 4 is to tell us what your monitor thinks it is driving (there is usually
> > >a information button that says what the current xres yres and refresh is).
> > HFreq:48.5
> > VFreq: 60.3
> > Pixel Clock:65.2
> > Resolution:1024x768
> > Monitor:ViewSonic VE510b
>  
> And this matches. I think its pretty clear that your monitor and system
> are set up correctly.
> 
> > [    0.178659] lxfb 0000:00:01.1: 32768 KB of video memory at 0xe0000000
> > [    0.199930] fb0: Geode LX frame buffer device
> 
> Hmm - it looks like you might not have the fbconsole installed.  Here
> is what my system says:
> 
> lxfb 0000:00:01.1: 24576 KB of video memory at 0x90000000                       
> fbcon: Geode LX (fb0) is primary device                                         
> Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48                         
> fb0: Geode LX frame buffer device  
> 
> Check for CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE in your .config
> 
> Jordan
> 
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