Description of problem: The matroxfb is compiled as a module in kernel-2.4.18-19.8.0 and the documentation (/usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/matroxfb.txt) tells you can use it by passing, for example, the command line "video=matrox:vesa:0x1BB" to the kernel. This didn't work and then I noticed that the documentation also says: "You should not compile-in vesafb unless you have primary display on non-Matrox VBE2.0 device". The vesafb is compiled in the kernel-2.4.18-19.8.0 and I think this is why the matroxfb doesn't work. I haven't yet tried recompiling the kernel without the vesafb compiled-in, but I think that it works ok without the vesafb. Is there a way to get matroxfb working without recompiling the kernel? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.4.18-19.8.0 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
We boot with vesafb present but not in use by default. This will not interfere with matroxfb, you do need to load the matroxfb modules to use it however. Matroxfb is something we ship because it seems to work rather than because its likely to be useful. The X server does not need matroxfb to be present