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From: "Michel Dänzer" <daenzer@debian.org>
To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>,
	"Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net>,
	347186@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#347186: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: Bug#347186: linux-image-2.6.14-2-alpha-generic: garbled Matrox framebuffer
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:13:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1137060802.3941.92.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060112051522.GP11974@tennyson.dodds.net>

On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 21:15 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 07:24:04PM +0800, Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
> 
> > The "UseFBDev" option was added to X so it can cooperate with fbcon (ie, allows
> > X to restore the console state by using the fbdev API ).  In 2.6, fbcon has its
> > own way of restoring its own state so the "UseFBDev" option is not needed, and in
> > your case, is counterproductive.
> 
> Aha, didn't know that.  It had been my impression that this option meant
> using the fbdev API for all vidcard access;

It does, for the things the fbdev API provides.


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Earthling Michel Dänzer      |     Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer
Libre software enthusiast    |   http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer

      reply	other threads:[~2006-01-12 10:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20060109090849.GB3481@tennyson.dodds.net>
     [not found] ` <20060109093517.GA23253@localhost.localdomain>
     [not found]   ` <20060109105146.GE3481@tennyson.dodds.net>
2006-01-11 10:28     ` Bug#347186: linux-image-2.6.14-2-alpha-generic: garbled Matrox framebuffer maximilian attems
2006-01-11 11:24       ` Antonino A. Daplas
2006-01-11 11:48         ` Sven Luther
2006-01-11 12:36           ` Antonino A. Daplas
2006-01-11 12:51             ` Bug#347186: [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Sven Luther
2006-01-12  5:15         ` Steve Langasek
2006-01-12 10:13           ` Michel Dänzer [this message]

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