On Thursday 01 November 2001 06:42, dep wrote:
On Wednesday 31 October 2001 21:28, Jon Pennington wrote: | The first thing that comes to mind is the kernel configuration, | actually. Had your kernel been built with no frame buffer support | but only the standard 386/VGA console, I don't think this would be | an issue. If I were a betting man, I'd bet that the solution is to | disable MGA framebuffer support altogether.
bingo! right answer! they had framebuffer support enabled in the kernel configuration for some insane reason. burning a kernel without it solved the problem. (this is gonna make life *really* interesting for people with g-400 cards who decide 7.3 is the time to give suse a try. what a friggin' disaster.)
Are the SuSE people listening here? How about building a kernel that actually works with Matrox G400 cards. And do not forget to make a 2.4-SMP version also! Best regards, David List