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<body class='hmmessage'><div style="text-align: left;">> Step 1 is to try a kernel from GIT HEAD.<br>I followed the instructions at http://linux.yyz.us/git-howto.html and downloaded the GIT repository.<br><br>The kernel version that I got was 2.6.26-rc5<br><br>The problem with this was that lxfb did not find /dev/fb0 device and hence I was not sure if you still want the outputs that you had asked for.<br><br>Here is what the dmesg said:<br>[ 0.000000] Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda1 ro video=lxfb:1024x768-32@60<br>[ 0.173548] lxfb 0000:00:01.1: 16 KB of video memory at 0xe0000000<br>[ 0.173679] lxfb 0000:00:01.1: could not find valid video mode<br>[ 0.173780] lxfb: probe of 0000:00:01.1 failed with error -22<br><br>and fbset:<br>debian:~# fbset<br>open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory<br>debian:~# <br><br>If would still like the full outputs of dmesg, fbset, msr-tool, sys/device/*, etc for this kernel I will attach it. If I did not used the kernel that you were expected then please let me know which kernel I should try.<br><br>Thanks.<br></div><br>Kushal Koolwal<br><br>I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/<br><br><br><br>______________________<br><table style="height: 24px; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Tahoma,san-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(0, 153, 204);"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=EML_WLHM_GreaterGood" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 153, 102); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;"><img style="border-style: none;" src="http://gfx1.hotmail.com/mail/w2/ltr/i_charity.gif" alt="i'm"></a> EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD</td></tr></tbody></table><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:52:58 -0600<br>> From: jordan.crouse@amd.com<br>> To: kushalkoolwal@hotmail.com<br>> CC: mart.raudsepp@artecdesign.ee; linux-geode@bombadil.infradead.org<br>> Subject: Re: Geode lxfb framebuffer not working<br>> <br>> On 12/06/08 10:34 -0700, Kushal Koolwal wrote:<br>> > Glad to know that someone else has the same issue. Always good to have inputs from more people to help us all resolve the issue.<br>> > <br>> > > I want to help, but I need your help to get me started.<br>> > Jordan, I am there to help to resolve this issue. Just let me know all the information that you need (outputs, register info, config files, etc). I am not an expert in debugging kernel level stuff therefore I need to know what I should be sending you guys.<br>> <br>> Step 1 is to try a kernel from GIT HEAD.<br>> <br>> Step 2 is to send us the complete dmesg output. What BIOS are you using?<br>> <br>> Step 3 is to send us the fbset information from a broken system<br>> <br>> step 4 is to tell us what your monitor thinks it is driving (there is usually<br>> a information button that says what the current xres yres and refresh is).<br>> <br>> Step 5 is to compile up the the MSR tools from hpa<br>> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/cpu/msr-tools/<br>> And connect via serial or net to the system when it is broken and <br>> send the value of MSR 0x4C000015.<br>> <br>> Step 6 is to send the complete output of<br>> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/resource<br>> <br>> Jordan<br>> <br></body>
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