From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Eger Subject: Re: [PATCH] radeonfb: mode switch work around Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 22:13:16 -0400 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20040704021316.GA23914@havoc.gtf.org> References: <200406301047.57423.adaplas@hotpop.com> <20040704000518.GA14801@havoc.gtf.org> <20040704004627.GA17768@havoc.gtf.org> <200407040900.41880.adaplas@hotpop.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 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 1BgwVX-0004aJ-8Y for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 03 Jul 2004 19:13:31 -0700 Received: from havoc.gtf.org ([216.162.42.101]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BgwVS-0001uR-UB for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 03 Jul 2004 19:13:27 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200407040900.41880.adaplas@hotpop.com> 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" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: adaplas@pol.net Cc: Javier Marcet , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Andrew Morton , xorg@freedesktop.org On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 09:00:41AM +0800, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > On Sunday 04 July 2004 08:46, David Eger wrote: > > > > > Here's the fix for radeonfb for use with your patch. > > > > On second look, strike that. I have general badness trying to > > switch out of X in recent kernels to radeonfb. Grr.. I'm not > > having luck pinpointing what went wrong just yet. > > Maybe your hardware is one that requires a set_par() in both fbcon_blank() > and fbcon_switch(), the worst case scenario....? If that's the case, we need > another flag (and another ugyly workaround). Actually, I'm trying older kernels that I'm sure didn't have this problem (2.6.6) and I'm thinking instead the bad X->VT switch is due to the X.Org code. I recently switched from XFree... hrmmm :-( I hate to uninstall/reinstall X again just to test (I run gentoo... good god) -Unhappy David ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com