Re: [BUG] simplefb not showing any output

On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 6:57 PM, David Herrmann [off-list ref] wrote:

( 2 more mails and you might get the fbdev ML right ;) )

Modern technology...

- Is CONFIG_FB_EFI enabled? If not, please enable it and try again
(hint: CONFIG_FB_VESA doesn't hurt either)

FB_EFI was enabled, FB_VESA was not, but I'll enable it. Out of
interest, how could this affect the situation? If I understand
correctly these drivers won't be loaded as long as simple-framebuffer
is created, or am I missing something?

- Could you try the _same_ kernel config but disable CONFIG_X86_SYSFB.
This will avoid creating simple-fb devices and instead load efifb
again. Does efifb work? Does efifb print the same offsets as your
simplefb printk()?

Yeah, efifb works fine, I'll double-check everything and note down the offsets.

- Are you sure that it's an simplefb problem? Please make sure fbcon
is enabled (could you attach your dmesg output?). You could also try
SSH'ing into the machine and starting some fbdev program (like X with
xf86-video-fbdev installed). Or does fbcon with efifb work?

fbcon with efifb works fine (so I guess trying X is not necessary?).

Cheers,

Tom