linux-kernel - RE: CONFIG_FB_VIA made the screen go black

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Date:	Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:01:36 +0800
From:	<JosephChan@....com.tw>
To:	<vegard.nossum@...il.com>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: CONFIG_FB_VIA made the screen go black


> It seems that I was unfortunate and managed to get CONFIG_FB_VIA=y in my config. 
> The result is that during boot, when via_fb loads, the screen goes black. 
> I put CONFIG_FB_VIA=n as the > only change to my config and the screen works again.
> Actually, just before going black, a few lines (I mean pixel rows) would shortly flicker or move up and down the screen.

We will check this later.

> I don't actually have a VIA card:

Is there any idea that you have to ENABLE viafb if you don't have VIA GFX chips?