From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ville =?iso-8859-1?Q?Syrj=E4l=E4?= Subject: Re: Re: Re: atyfb, console, kernel 2.6.14 & Sony Vaio C1VE Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:43:54 +0200 Message-ID: <20060312224354.GA1338@sci.fi> References: <83d4769a9bceb571796228cb5c7534c3@csi.com> <20060303150123.GA27401@sci.fi> <60b1aebf4e1937a06ebff8cd92a8f4b3@csi.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1FIZIA-0001F1-6D for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:44:02 -0800 Received: from gw03.mail.saunalahti.fi ([195.197.172.111]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1FIZI8-0001xa-JE for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:44:02 -0800 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <60b1aebf4e1937a06ebff8cd92a8f4b3@csi.com> Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Fractallyte On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 07:04:24PM +0000, Fractallyte wrote: >=20 > On 3 Mar 2006, at 15:01, Ville Syrj=E4l=E4 wrote: >=20 > >>It's only *seems* to be a success... The console is correctly set to > >>128x30, however the timings are apparently not passed from the BIOS t= o > >>the console driver. From this point on the screen becomes unreadable > >>and unusable: white blooms from the edges and spreads inward. > > > >IIRC my OmniBook 500 did the same thing in the past. I don't remember > >what (if anything) I did to fix it. I tried to fiddle around with the > >BIOS 'video expansion' option and tried passing various modes to atyfb > >but I just can't reproduce it. > > > >--=20 > >Ville Syrj=E4l=E4 > >syrjala@sci.fi > >http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/ >=20 > Unfortunately, the BIOS options on a Vaio C1VE are rather limited! I'm= =20 > still trying various atyfb options... I was looking for the OB500 service manual and I stumbled on a HP forum=20 thread discussing similar problems. It seems the "screen going white"=20 problem may be caused by oxidation of the screen cable connectors. Here is the full thread: http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=3D12= 1645 --=20 Ville Syrj=E4l=E4 syrjala@sci.fi http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642