# Re: No console on Riva TNT since 2.6.26-0.rc4 - List: linux-fbdev - 3 messages, 3 authors - Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2008/07/1123216/t ## Re: No console on Riva TNT since 2.6.26-0.rc4 - From: Andrew Morton \ - Date: 2008-07-10 02:46:54 - Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2008/07/1123216.md ```text On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:04:56 +0000 kelk1@comcast.net (Quel Qun) wrote: > Hi, > > The system boots fine with 2.6.26-0.rc3.1mnb (Mandriva Cooker), but since rc4, I see a few squares of color, then a black screen and the console never comes back. This is independent of the resolution chosen when using vga=ask. The machine does boot and I can start X if I log in blindly. Only the F1 to F6 consoles are gone. > > Bug originally reported and ignored on Cooker: https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=41302 > > My card is an old STB NVidia Riva TNT, monitor is a flat panel Dell 2007FP, system is a Dell Dimension XPS T600 (82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 with PIII 600). > > I cannot see anything different in /var/log/messages between rc3 and rc4 (vga=837) > > vesafb: framebuffer at 0xfc000000, mapped to 0xd8880000, using 7500k, total > 16320k > vesafb: mode is 1600x1200x8, linelength=1600, pages=6 > vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:02d2 > vesafb: pmi: set display start = c00c030b, set palette = c00c0381 > vesafb: pmi: ports = 3b4 3b5 3ba 3c0 3c1 3c4 3c5 3c6 3c7 3c8 3c9 3cc 3ce 3cf > 3d0 3d1 3d2 3d3 3d4 3d5 3da > vesafb: scrolling: redraw > vesafb: Pseudocolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=0:0:0:0 > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 200x75 > fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device > > This is still true with a vanilla 2.6.26-rc8. > > $ grep FB_RIVA /boot/config > CONFIG_FB_RIVA=m > # CONFIG_FB_RIVA_I2C is not set > # CONFIG_FB_RIVA_DEBUG is not set > CONFIG_FB_RIVA_BACKLIGHT=y > Let's cc the fbdev list. Is this a regression? Was 2.6.25 OK? Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 ``` ## Re: No console on Riva TNT since 2.6.26-0.rc4 - From: Alexey Dobriyan \ - Date: 2008-07-10 02:54:52 - Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2008/07/1123217.md ```text On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 07:41:08PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:04:56 +0000 kelk1@comcast.net (Quel Qun) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > The system boots fine with 2.6.26-0.rc3.1mnb (Mandriva Cooker), but since rc4, I see a few squares of color, then a black screen and the console never comes back. This is independent of the resolution chosen when using vga=ask. The machine does boot and I can start X if I log in blindly. Only the F1 to F6 consoles are gone. > > > > Bug originally reported and ignored on Cooker: https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=41302 > > > > My card is an old STB NVidia Riva TNT, monitor is a flat panel Dell 2007FP, system is a Dell Dimension XPS T600 (82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 with PIII 600). > > > > I cannot see anything different in /var/log/messages between rc3 and rc4 (vga=837) > > > > vesafb: framebuffer at 0xfc000000, mapped to 0xd8880000, using 7500k, total > > 16320k > > vesafb: mode is 1600x1200x8, linelength=1600, pages=6 > > vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:02d2 > > vesafb: pmi: set display start = c00c030b, set palette = c00c0381 > > vesafb: pmi: ports = 3b4 3b5 3ba 3c0 3c1 3c4 3c5 3c6 3c7 3c8 3c9 3cc 3ce 3cf > > 3d0 3d1 3d2 3d3 3d4 3d5 3da > > vesafb: scrolling: redraw > > vesafb: Pseudocolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=0:0:0:0 > > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 200x75 > > fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device > > > > This is still true with a vanilla 2.6.26-rc8. > > > > $ grep FB_RIVA /boot/config > > CONFIG_FB_RIVA=m > > # CONFIG_FB_RIVA_I2C is not set > > # CONFIG_FB_RIVA_DEBUG is not set > > CONFIG_FB_RIVA_BACKLIGHT=y > > > > Let's cc the fbdev list. > > Is this a regression? Was 2.6.25 OK? 2.6.26-rc3 was OK. -rc4 wasn't. ``` ## Re: \[Linux-fbdev-devel\] No console on Riva TNT since 2.6.26-0.rc4 - From: Krzysztof Helt \ - Date: 2008-07-19 16:02:27 - Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2008/07/1127775.md ```text On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:51:49 +0400 Alexey Dobriyan [ref] wrote: > On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 07:41:08PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:04:56 +0000 kelk1@comcast.net (Quel Qun) wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > The system boots fine with 2.6.26-0.rc3.1mnb (Mandriva Cooker), but since rc4, I see a few squares of color, then a black screen and the console never comes back. This is independent of the resolution chosen when using vga=ask. The machine does boot and I can start X if I log in blindly. Only the F1 to F6 consoles are gone. > > > Please try the patch below if it helps: --- linux-2.6.26/drivers/video/vesafb.c 2008-07-13 23:51:29.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-mm/drivers/video/vesafb.c 2008-07-19 17:56:51.774318414 +0200 @@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ static int __init vesafb_probe(struct pl /* size_total -- all video memory we have. Used for mtrr * entries, ressource allocation and bounds * checking. */ - size_total = screen_info.lfb_size * 65536; + size_total = screen_info.lfb_linelength * screen_info.lfb_height * + screen_info.pages; if (vram_total) size_total = vram_total * 1024 * 1024; if (size_total < size_vmode) Regards, Krzysztof ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Zobacz cala prawde o Lukaszu Podolskim! kliknij >>> http://link.interia.pl/f1e57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ ```