> In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.9902130147360.17589-100000@loki.wibble.prv> you write:
> > I believe the problem is that the S3 Virge is VESA 1.2 compliant, but not
> > VESA 2.0 compliant.
>
> It depends on the card model. The chipset (S3 Virge) does not give a
> damn about Vesa, this is a bios matter. My S3V card is fairly recent
> (three months old) and includes a Vesa 2.0 bios. My older (1995) S3 Trio
> 64 V+ does not. But I know one S3 Trio 64 V+ that does include such a
> bios.
Perhaps on newer cards, but with older cards with bios versions such as
the 86C325 I believe I'm probably right. But what I was trying to put
across is that the VESA framebuffer support requires Vesa 2.0, whereas
older s3 Virges only support 1.2
> It is possible to patch arch/i386/boot/video.S so that it prints out at
> boot time which version is present. I have not this patch handy, but it
> is simple (it requires some knowledge of i386 assembly though). If I
> have some time, I will do it again and post it on the list.
Probably a good idea. Isn't there a file in the /proc filesystem to show
the video bios startup message, though?
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