From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: Re: [RFC] Reliable video POSTing on resume (was: Re: [ACPI] Samsung P35, S3, black screen (radeon)) Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 15:09:37 +0100 Message-ID: <20050207140937.GA8040@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20050203225410.GB1110@elf.ucw.cz> <1107474198.5727.9.camel@desktop.cunninghams> <4202DF7B.2000506@gmx.net> <1107485504.5727.35.camel@desktop.cunninghams> <9e4733910502032318460f2c0c@mail.gmail.com> <20050204074454.GB1086@elf.ucw.cz> <9e473391050204093837bc50d3@mail.gmail.com> <20050205093550.GC1158@elf.ucw.cz> <1107695583.14847.167.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1107782696.8575.72.camel@tyrosine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1107782696.8575.72.camel@tyrosine> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Matthew Garrett Cc: Alan Cox , Jon Smirl , ncunningham-jjFNsPSvq+iXDw4h08c5KA@public.gmane.org, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger , ACPI List , Linux Kernel Mailing List List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > Some systems (intel notably) appear to expect you to use the bios > > save/restore video state not re-POST. > > This works well in many cases, but there are some machines that freeze > if you attempt to make a VBE state save call. Sadly, I don't have any > access to an affected machine, so it's a bit awkward working out what > the problem is. Where do I find code to do VBE save state? I might get you some testing... Pavel -- People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers... ...jr ghea gurz vagb qrirybcref, naq gurl frrz gb yvxr vg gung jnl! ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl