Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
Felix Miata wrote:
The actual error message was:
"You passed an undefined mode number."
Try running hwinfo --framebuffer as root. This should give you valid numbers for your board.
:-( Very discouraging to see a board so state of the art when new be so backward here when cheaper older cards with less RAM have no such problem: 02: None 00.0: 11001 VESA Framebuffer [Created at bios.395] Unique ID: rdCR.xpCz25nMUV0 Hardware Class: framebuffer Model: "Matrox G400" Memory Size: 16 MB Memory Range: 0xfa000000-0xfaffffff (rw) Mode 0x0300: 640x400 (+640), 8 bits Mode 0x0301: 640x480 (+640), 8 bits Mode 0x0302: 800x600 (+100), 4 bits Mode 0x0303: 800x600 (+800), 8 bits Mode 0x0310: 640x480 (+1280), 15 bits Mode 0x0311: 640x480 (+1280), 16 bits Mode 0x0312: 640x480 (+2560), 24 bits Mode 0x0313: 800x600 (+1600), 15 bits Mode 0x0314: 800x600 (+1600), 16 bits Mode 0x0315: 800x600 (+3200), 24 bits Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown My old Tseng cards give me roughly 10 times as many modes to pick from. Anyone know what the last line means, or the numbers in parens? -- "In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you." Matthew 7:12 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/