Neomagic MagicMedia256AV

Neomagic MagicMedia256AV This is a Neomagic video adapter Features Chipset: Neomagic NM2200 PCI ID: 10c8:0005 AGP 1X 2.5MB SGRAM

Linux X.Org driver

This chip is supported by the 'neomagic' driver as part of the X.Org distribution

ThinkPad LCD

Display on the internal LCD works as long as you set the monitor settings correct.

External VGA port

??

SVideo port

Can I really connect a normal S-VHS Display Device in this chipset ?

Linux kernel Framebuffer driver

I use the NeoMagic Framebuffer Driver in the Kernel 2.6.12rc5, since Kernel 2.6.8 with the following Configuration:

#
# Console display driver support
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y   

# Graphics support
#
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT=y
CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA=y
CONFIG_FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT=y
CONFIG_FB_SOFT_CURSOR=y  
CONFIG_FB_MODE_HELPERS=y
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
CONFIG_FB_NEOMAGIC=y
 

I normally use the 1024x768-16bit. It is good enough th play mplayer-videos oh this Framebuffer Device with the Option "-vo fbdev". If you use the devfs Filesystem, you must use the device /dev/fb/0 device.

the fb-settings are:

mode "1024x768-60"
   D: 65.003 MHz, H: 48.365 kHz, V: 60.006 Hz
   geometry 1024 768 1024 768 16
   timings 15384 160 24 29 3 136 6
   rgba 5/11,6/5,5/0,0/0
endmode

for questions ask: wohnland@r84.ath.cx

ThinkPads this chip may be found in

• 380Z, 390, 390E, 390X
• 570, 570E
• 600E
• i Series 1412, i Series 1452, i Series 1472
• i Series 1512, i Series 1552
• i Series 1720, i Series 1721