Re: Some questions

[Antonino Daplas <adaplas@pol.net>]

On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 23:37, Thomas Winischhofer wrote:

> (shifted boot screen)
>  >>I am almost sure that this has to do with the fact that I adapt var in
>  >>my check_var from 800x592 to 800x600. Console (or whoever) seems to
>  >>attempt to change the mode to its initially desired dimension on many
>  >>occasions.
>  >
>  > Strange.  If you boot at 800x600, the console will compute that as
>  > 100x37.  On fbcon_resize, it will request 800x592 but because the
>  > difference is only 8, fb_set_var should be skipped, so no mode change
>  > should happen throughout.
> 
> But it definitely does. I can see this on my LCD (which goes dark during 
> mode changes) and, of course, the log.
> 
>  > I have no idea.  I booted with other drivers at 800x600 and get no ill
>  > effects.  I get a margin at the bottom of 8 pixels.
>  >
>  > How about checking what the offsets are during fb_pan_display()?
> 
> Done that. Nothing special; The penguin is where it should be, but the 
> text below starts 8 lines too low.
> 

How about removing fbcon_resize() from fbcon_switch()?  This should at
least give you an idea where the problem is (fbcon_resize, or somewhere
else)

Tony




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