On 19.09.2018 03:41, Robert Gadsdon wrote: > HP FireGL-UX card (A7789-60510) on an HP Visualize C3700 workstation. Debian SID, Kernel 4.19-rc3 (kernel.org) > > Card recognised during POST/IPL (640x480) and during initial Linux boot, but on loading GXT4500 Framebuffer module, the signal vanishes, with no errors shown... > > # modprobe gxt4500 > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x64 > fb0: IBM GXT6000P frame buffer device > < display blanks - lost signal > > > LSPCI output: > > 04:02.0 VGA compatible controller: IBM GXT6000P Graphics Adapter (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: Diamond Multimedia Systems Fire GL3 > Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 255, IRQ 26 > Memory at fffffffff7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] > Memory at fffffffff8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M] > Expansion ROM at fffffffff7040000 [disabled] [size=256K] > Kernel driver in use: gxt4500 > Kernel modules: gxt4500 > > I cannot find any specific references to this problem, so far.. There hasn't been any successes with FireGL cards on hppa yet. Reason unknown. Did your machine crashed, or did just the screen git blanked (and it's still possible to ping/log in)? Anyway, I don't think someone can help with this issue currently. Helge
