I finally got my Slack 8.1 back on to my machine (lots of fucking effort) overcoming my hardware problems (isn't it typically male to blame it on they's hardware...).
I used to run kernel version 2.4.5 using the frambebuffers for display; no problems there.
Now I use kernel 2.4.18; I have tried many different configurations for the FB, but I always get "snow" when the computer is doing anything (disk access, updating the screen, etc).
The mandrake kernel 2.4.19-16mdk didn't have this problem; I have tried compiling the 2.4.19 kernel before with disasterous results (the console would just show a bunch of vertical lines, like bar-code). Also, not using the framebuffer results in the same bar-code.
Does anyone know the magic sequence of kernel options I need to configure to get the display smooth?
--- specs
AMD 750 Duron
Video Card: cheap ass on-MOBO S3 Savage 4
MOBO: Biostar M7VKL
current kernel config:
[results in usable dispay, but with "snow"]
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
---
CONFIG_MK6=y [ processor type AMD-k6-II ]
---
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
---
CONFIG_AGP=y
# CONFIG_AGP_INTEL is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_I810 is not set
CONFIG_AGP_VIA=y
CONFIG_AGP_AMD=y
# CONFIG_AGP_SIS is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_ALI is not set
# CONFIG_AGP_SWORKS is not set
CONFIG_DRM=y
# CONFIG_DRM_OLD is not set
#
# DRM 4.1 drivers
#
CONFIG_DRM_NEW=y
# CONFIG_DRM_TDFX is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_R128 is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_RADEON is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_I810 is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_MGA is not set
# CONFIG_DRM_SIS is not set
# CONFIG_MWAVE is not set
---
#
# Console drivers
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
# CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set
#
# Frame-buffer support
#
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_FB_RIVA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_CLGEN is not set
# CONFIG_FB_PM2 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 is not set
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y [ unsetting results in bar-codes]
CONFIG_FB_VGA16=y [ same same ]
# CONFIG_FB_HGA is not set
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
# CONFIG_FB_MATROX is not set
# CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set
# CONFIG_FB_RADEON is not set
# CONFIG_FB_ATY128 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_SIS is not set
# CONFIG_FB_3DFX is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set
CONFIG_FBCON_ADVANCED=y [ same same ]
# CONFIG_FBCON_MFB is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_CFB2 is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_CFB4 is not set
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB24=y
# CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32 is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_AFB is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_ILBM is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_IPLAN2P2 is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_IPLAN2P4 is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_IPLAN2P8 is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_MAC is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_VGA_PLANES is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_VGA is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_HGA is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_FONTWIDTH8_ONLY is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_FONTS is not set
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y [same same]
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y [same same]
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any takers?
thanks in advance;
-t.
