Re: High resolution console gets garbled when X running at higher resolution then the console.

["S.A.Abbad" <abuse@axion.demon.nl>]

Hi all,

Earlier today I used a wrong mail adress to send mail to this mailing
list. I am subscribed as fbdev@axion.demon.nl and I send the mail as 
kernel@axion.demon.nl, after which I recieved a huge amount of '"Redmond"-so-
called-update-worm-and-patches' etc, etc mails to my kernel@axion.demon.nl, has
anyone else experienced this after sending with a non subscribed mail adress ?

On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 09:39:34PM +0200, Monchi Abbad wrote:
> Distribution: Slackware 9.1
> Hardware Environment: Matrox Millenium II AMD Athlon 1.1 ghz 512MB ram
> 
> Software Environment: kernel fbdev console + XFree86 4.3
> 
> kernel proc version:
> Linux version 2.6.0-test7 (root@axion) (gcc version 3.2.3) #1 Thu Oct 9 11:16:09 CEST 2003
> 
> Problem Description: High resolution console gets garbled when X running at
> higher resolution then the console
> 
> Steps to reproduce:
> Compile kernel with Matroxfb and use video option 'matroxfb:vesa:0x193' when
> booting.
> Then start an X session, with mga driver in stead of matroxfb driver, make sure the
> X-session is running at a higher resolution then the console, and switch from
> the X-session to a console.
> Now run ls or simply clear screen.
> 
> To go back to a normal console simple run X with the same resolution as the
> console. ( using the matroxfb driver ).
After updating to linux-2.6.0-test8 this problem got solved, now the console
only scrolls extremely slow under mentioned circumstances.

Monchi.
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