From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: 2.6.7 still garbage upon start Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:45:06 +0800 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <200406180945.06335.adaplas@hotpop.com> References: <40D21E31.5070904@winischhofer.net> Reply-To: adaplas@pol.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Bb8Qd-0000OH-6Z for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 18:44:27 -0700 Received: from babyruth.hotpop.com ([38.113.3.61]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Bb8Qc-00022l-ON for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 18:44:26 -0700 Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by babyruth.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 93427614EAF for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 01:05:53 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <40D21E31.5070904@winischhofer.net> Content-Disposition: inline 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="us-ascii" To: Thomas Winischhofer , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Friday 18 June 2004 06:41, Thomas Winischhofer wrote: > modprobing fbcon still paints a white rectangle. Difference to 2.6.6 is > that this rectangle now fills the entire screen instead of a smaller > area. As before, text is shown all correctly (painted upon the > rectangle), and the white rectangle scrolls up just like text and in the > end vanishes. > The white screen is the result of fbdev being initialized before vgacon is deinitialized. I can't find a simple solution for this except to disable vgacon if fbcon is compiled statically. Currently vgacon is always enabled in X86, so I use this in drivers/video/console/Kconfig. config VGA_CONSOLE bool "VGA text console" if EMBEDDED || !X86 depends on !ARCH_ACORN && !ARCH_EBSA110 && !4xx && !8xx && !SPARC32 && !SPARC64 && !M68K && FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE != y > Switching to another VT while in X still leaves you with a blank screen > and a blinking cursor. If one presses return, the screen contents is > restored. You mean switching from X to another VT? At least you just get a blank screen, with other drivers, sometimes the machine hangs. (I have code I'm planning to send for RFC that will notify the low-level driver if switching from KD_GRAPHICS->KD_TEXT and vice versa or if multiple drivers are mapped to different consoles. However, it seems BenH already has code for this so I'm holding the submission. I just can't find BenH's changes in 2.6.7 or -mm. Hey Ben, where is it?) Tony ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by The 2004 JavaOne(SM) Conference Learn from the experts at JavaOne(SM), Sun's Worldwide Java Developer Conference, June 28 - July 1 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA REGISTER AND SAVE! http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf Priority Code NWMGYKND