[pm2fb] update 990110 - first public release ;)

Sven LUTHER luther at maxime.u-strasbg.fr
Wed Jan 20 23:35:18 EST 1999


On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 01:17:16PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Sven LUTHER wrote:
> > but then since i first booted in this mode, the bottom line of the
> > screen don't get erased anymore, very anoying, particularly
> > because it worked fine before.
> 
> I guess a problem with the clear_margins routine?
> 
> > also, Ilario and Geert, am i right in thinking that the pm2fb
> > initialize the permedia2 chip correclty, and that, when trying to
> > accelerate X i could use it directly, without having to do
> > initialization.
> 
> Yes. The X server must not do video mode initialization, but call the frame
> buffer device instead.

what then is the stuff you initialize in the mach64 accel init stuff ?

Friendly,

Sven LUTHER

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