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+</I>><i> > > +</I>><i> > > Yes. +</I>><i> > > +</I>><i> > > There is a bug with Cedar Trail that got fixed upstream a few days after +</I>><i> > > 3.3-rc6 was released, so the fix is not in our current +</I>><i> > > kernel-3.3.0-0.rc6.1.mga2, but it will be fixed in the next build. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Thanks, that's great, I will test the next build and then report back +</I>><i> > how that works with my Cedar Trail board. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Hi, I noticed a new kernel packages showed up in the cauldron repo +</I>><i> (3.3rc7) so I tried it immediately (reinstalled cauldron from scratch as +</I>><i> I had overwritten the previous install with other distro tests) using +</I>><i> the boot.iso image, but the video behaviour at boot is still the same, +</I>><i> the monitor still goes into no-signal standby as soon as the drm stuff +</I>><i> is started. +</I> +Just for future reference for anyone who might come across this thread +in the ML archives facing the same issue: + +I solved this, the GMA 3600 kernel DRM driver in 3.3.0 (as included in +Mageia) always assumes a LVDS panel is present (as would be the case +on netbooks but not on mini-ITX boards) and for some reason it defaults +to a 1920x1080 panel. +To avoid this and therefore to be able to use the other video outputs +(VGA, hdmi) at other resolutions the following kernel parameter needs to +be appended on the grub kernel line: + +video=LVDS-1:d + +This will force disable the LVDS port and with that parameter Mageia 2 +works fine on a Cedarview Atom DN2800MT board. + +This is a shortcoming of the kernel module (not specific to Mageia), +Alan Cox is aware of it and I guess it will eventually be fixed. + +For anyone interested the xorg.conf I used is here (the monitor +section is specific to my monitor, hence will need adapting): +<A HREF="http://pastebin.com/X7mpEF3x">http://pastebin.com/X7mpEF3x</A> + +Also for anyone interested I have done some power draw measurements of +the Intel DN2800MT Cedarview Atom board comparing Mageia 2 beta with +some other distros (and Win 7), the results are here: + +<A HREF="http://www.linuxtech.net/reviews/intel_DN2800MT_cedarview_atom_power_draw.html">http://www.linuxtech.net/reviews/intel_DN2800MT_cedarview_atom_power_draw.html</A> + + +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="013769.html">[Mageia-dev] Report on my update from 1 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#13768">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#13768">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#13768">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#13768">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |