It's exactly this type of attitude that makes companies like SuSE wonder what exactly they have to do to ever win. Why don't you go complain to Matrox and get them to make a card that doesn't blow up with frame buffer support. Why is it that one would ever think that SuSE should TAKE OFF a "feature" in the kernel. SuSE should in no way make 5 billion different kernels just to please this or that niche market. If one is going to purchase hardware that is not tolerant to a reasonable setting in the kernel then that is your choice and you should be willing to do what it takes to modify a standard kernel to make it work for you. Clearly since this problem is not being reported by every user using any video card on the market - frame buffer support is not something that breaks most systems. Take your complaints to Matrox - don't impose your buggy hardware needs on the rest of us. John W Higgins john@wishdev.com -----Original Message----- From: David List [mailto:david@davidlist.dk] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 12:55 PM To: SuSE-Linux List Subject: Re: [SLE] SOLVED! Blank monitor after switching between virtual consoles 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 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the archives at http://lists.suse.com