[LAU] 2.6.29-rt1 BootupVideo Mode, more

[torbenh at gmx.de]

On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 04:21:44PM +0300, David Baron wrote:
> >Made the kernel, booted fine. Once I got into the graphics kde4. The text-
> >mode bootup was completely kerlbooey!
> 
> >So what might I place in my lilo.conf to get this straightened out (using an 
> >older matrox mila g200 at 1200x1065)? Currently has vga=6.
> 
> This stuff was in the logs. Very interesting. How to get this stuff to Ingo?
> Apr  1 13:35:03 d_baron kernel: [drm] Initialized card for AGP DMA.
> Apr  1 13:35:04 d_baron kernel: platform mga_warp.0: firmware: requesting 
> matrox/g200_warp.fw
> * * * [snip]
> Apr  1 13:35:04 d_baron kernel: [drm:mga_warp_install_microcode] ERROR mga: 
> Failed to load microcode "matrox/g200_warp.fw"
> Apr  1 13:35:04 d_baron kernel: [drm:mga_do_init_dma] ERROR failed to install 
> WARP ucode!: -2

do you have the firmware installed ?


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