From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Olaf Hering Subject: Re: tty open screws X color palette Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 08:32:51 +0200 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20040815063251.GA23843@suse.de> References: <20040813114713.GA2168@suse.de> <200409150902.27378.adaplas@hotpop.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BwEZa-0007gc-RQ for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 14 Aug 2004 23:32:54 -0700 Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1BwEZa-000070-8x for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 14 Aug 2004 23:32:54 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200409150902.27378.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="windows-1252" To: adaplas@pol.net Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Wed, Sep 15, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > On Friday 13 August 2004 19:47, Olaf Hering wrote: > > An 'echo foo > /dev/tty42' while X runs will screw the color palette,= if > > tty42 wasnt in use before. Tested on ibook G3 and G4. > > This will happen with rage128 and radeonfb in 2.6.5 and later, > > X version is 4.3.99. > > > > X runs usually with a different color depth than the kernel framebuff= er > > console. > > How can this be fixed? tty open should not touch the hardware if the = tty > > is not active. >=20 > I tried the above and nothing happens to X. My setup is X86 nVidia AGP > on rivafb linux-2.6.8-rc4-mm1. Do you have 'Option "usefbdev" "true"' in our XF86Config? --=20 USB is for mice, FireWire is for men! sUse lINUX ag, n=C3=9CRNBERG ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285