Re: fbcon or sisfb problem?
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From: Thomas Winischhofer <thomas@winischhofer.net>
Date: 2004-05-28 14:53:26
John Zielinski wrote:
Thomas Winischhofer wrote:quoted
1) Upon start (be it in kernel, be it upon modprobe), I see a big white rectangle. It seems that this rectangle's size matches exactly the size of the previous console area. I have seen reports of similar problems since late 2003. Any progress on this? (I have digged around in the fbcon code but got lost at some time.)I get something similar when using the radeonfb driver except that I get mulit-colored garbage on the screen instead of solid white. The difference is probably due to the different ways that radeonfb and sisfb remap the VGA memory layout. I posted a fix in a post titled "Console takeover screen corruption issue" a while back on this list. Could you see if that patch fixes your problem? If enough people test it we could probably get it included into the kernel. John
Will do. BTW: I saw a post on google groups where a user of a Maxtrox described the exactly same phenomenon, ie white rectangle. Thomas -- Thomas Winischhofer Vienna/Austria thomas AT winischhofer DOT net *** http://www.winischhofer.net twini AT xfree86 DOT org ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click