Re: [Xen-users] Any luck with Matrox g550 and xen

[Andrew McGregor <andy@xxxxxxxx>]

I somehow sent this to the bounce alias instead of the list alias.


Andrew McGregor wrote:
> > On 03 Nov 2006 Andrew McGregor wrote about "Blank Screen after GRUB with
> > new GFX Card". When booting xen domain 0 kernel to graphic mode, monitor
> > gets blank just when kernel should bring up X.
> >
> > Andrew used G550 and I use. Non xen kernel boots ok.
> >
> > Andrew used Debian/Etch. I use latest Fedora Core 6 with latest updates.
> > This means kernel vmlinuz-2.6.19-1.2895.fc6xen and xen 3.0.4.  As Andrew
> > I also got this error, when I updated my graphic card from good working
> > model to g550. I had ATI rage, but unfortunately it does not support
> > dvi, and I want use lcd monitor with that feature.
> >
> > Has anyone else had same problem than Andrew and me or has anyone has
> > luck with xen and g550?
> >
> > Any hope that this problem will be solved?
> I had a similar problem with FC which made me think it was just a kernel 
> module that shouldn't of been there (for our config).  So it probably 
> isn't am issue with Xen as such, but more of a config that unfortunately 
> clashes.
> I've had a blissfull couple of weeks use with each client having their 
> own VM .. until a recent Etch apt-update .. now I get the blank screen 
> again.
> As I've mostly been working away from home recently and my laptop has a 
> painfully slow XP + vmware, so I haven't had the opportunity to fix the 
> display.
> However, you could try one of these:
>
> You might find that X is starting - but you have the wrong screen 
> resolution and/or dirvers.  Try deleting /etc/X11/x11.conf to see if X 
> will auto-detect anything, albeit you might find a very shoddy config.
> You could also try editing the config to set the default res to 800x600.
>
> Assuming the box is booting you might find it easier to SSH in from 
> another box to save editing blind.
> Let me know which you try and if any work as I will need to take a look 
> at mine sometime soon.
> Can you send me a link to the src for the matrox driver are you using?
>
> OT:  I also get a problem whereby if the 2nd monitor goes into power 
> saving mode, when it wake up the screen can be shifted vert + horiz by 
> any number of pixels and wrapped around.

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