Felix Miata wrote:
That must be one seriously wonderful old antique server. Doesn't it have a slot you could put a less antique video card in? Did you ever investigate doing a VBIOS upgrade?
I don't think it is possible -- it's onboard -- though I could be wrong. The card: 0a:03.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200eW WPCM450 (rev 0a) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge T610 MGA G200eW WPCM450 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 32 (4000ns min, 8000ns max), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19 Region 0: Memory at d9000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=8M] Region 1: Memory at de7fc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Region 2: Memory at de800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at de000000 [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Kernel driver in use: mgag200 ---- The rest of the 'antique': --- Excuse the odd notation, I tried to cut down the output of lspci to save space and used [x multipliers]: -+-[0:ff]-+-00.0 Intel Corporation Xeon 5600 Series QuickPath ===| Architecture Generic Non-core Registers | | +-00.1 " QuickPath Architecture System Address Decode | | +-02.0 " QPI Link 0 | | +-02.1 " QPI Physical 0 | | +-02.2 " Mirror Port Link 0 | | +-02.3 " Mirror Port Link 1 | | +-02.4 " QPI Link 1 |- (x 2 for 2nd proc) | +-02.5 " QPI Physical 1 | | +-03.0 " Integrated Memory Controller Registers | | +-03.1 " " Target Address Decoder | | +-03.2 " " RAS Registers | | +-03.4 " " Test Registers | | +-04.0 " " Channel 0 Control | | +-04.1 " " " [0-2] Address | | +-04.2 " " " " Rank | | +-04.3 " " " " Thermal Control ===| \-[0:00]-+-00.0 Intel Corporation 5520 I/O Hub to ESI Port +-01.0-[01]--+-00.0 Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet - (x 2) +-03.0-[03]--+-00.0 Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller - (x 2) +-05.0-[05]----00.0 LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 2108 [Liberator] +-07.0-[06-08]--+-00.0 Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller 10 Gigabit X540-AT2 - (x 2) +-0a.0-[02]----00.0 LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 1078 +-14.0 Intel Corporation 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub System Management Registers +-14.1 " I/O Hub GPIO and Scratch Pad Registers +-14.2 " I/O Hub Control Status and RAS Registers +-16.0 " Chipset QuickData Technology Device - (x 8) +-1a.0 Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 - (x 6) +-1a.7 Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 - (x 2) +-1e.0-[0a]----03.0 Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200eW WPCM450 +-1f.0 Intel Corporation 82801IB (ICH9) LPC Interface Controller \-1f.2 Intel Corporation 82801IB (ICH9) 2 port SATA IDE Controller ---- I know it is a 3 yr old machine, but I would hardly call it an antique... but some of us can't afford a server like this every 2-3 years... (my previous server was 10 years old when it died -- now *IT* was an antique!)
I used to have Matrox cards that had the same limited compatibility with VESA and framebuffer as older Matrox cards. They were AGP G400s.
There is no x64-PCI-E nor AGP slot. There are PCI-E-x4 slots available (2 I think, and maybe (not sure if space allows a 64-bit PCI-X slot.
solved the problem with VBIOS upgrades, making them as framebuffer compatible as anything else I've ever used.
The card **IS** framebuffer compat (in 1280x768x32 OR 1280x1024x16 on a 1920x1200 included monitor (!). lilo feeds it the appropriate VGA command line. I see the kernel boot until it hits "init"... then it flips into framebuff mode .. trying for: 128x48... which was about what it was... on a 1200 high screen, I said about 1/3, 384/1200 => .32, close for eyeballin' it. Um... I've see better... at 1024 wide, the closest it can do is maybe ... hmmm...I dunno. 640x480? -- 1280x768 won't fit.. neither will 1280x1024...
Even with *buntu's Grub 1.98, vga=791
--- I'm using vga = 0x30A -- I did a vga = ask and 0x30a was the best of the bunch... I don't WANT to use a frame-buffer -- it's less readable and slower. Lynn on here asked about how to get text mode too and everyone played 'dumb', like they didn't know she meant HW text scrolling. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org