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esquiso

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From: Oporto, Portugal

Registered: 2008-05-21

Posts: 15

[SOLVED] uvesafb - "Unknown parameter `mtrr:3'"?

So, here's the thing. I've followed the wiki entry for uvesafb, but it's not working. When I check dmesg, it gives me this error:

$ ~ dmesg | grep uvesafb
uvesafb: Unknown parameter `mtrr:3'

and that's it. No framebuffer for you.
I couldn't find anything through Google, so here I am. Could you guys give me some help?

Some related info:

$ ~ cat /etc/modprobe.d/uvesafb 
(...) 
options uvesafb mode=1440x900-32 mtrr:3 scroll=ywrap

$ ~ cat /etc/mkinitcpio.conf | grep HOOKS
(...)
HOOKS="base udev v86d autodetect pata scsi sata keymap filesystems"

$ ~ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7600 GT] (rev a1)

(I'm using the 173.14.12 drivers, installed through the official .run from nvidia's site).

Thanks in advance

Last edited by esquiso (2008-08-07 13:22:36)

wuischke

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From: Suisse Romande

Registered: 2007-01-06

Posts: 630

Re: [SOLVED] uvesafb - "Unknown parameter `mtrr:3'"?

Use mttr=3. (See http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/g … esafb.txt)

esquiso

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From: Oporto, Portugal

Registered: 2008-05-21

Posts: 15

Re: [SOLVED] uvesafb - "Unknown parameter `mtrr:3'"?

Tyvm. That lead me to another error, but then I was able to fix it.

tigrmesh

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From: Florida, US

Registered: 2007-12-11

Posts: 794

Re: [SOLVED] uvesafb - "Unknown parameter `mtrr:3'"?

Please mark this thread as solved (edit your first post).  That way other people who encounter this mtrr issue can find help.  Thank you.

wuischke

Member

From: Suisse Romande

Registered: 2007-01-06

Posts: 630

Re: [SOLVED] uvesafb - "Unknown parameter `mtrr:3'"?

You're welcome. I set up uvesafb myself the same day (finally a working 1280x800 framebuffer ) and therefore knew about the pretty good documentation.