From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: tty open screws X color palette Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 01:09:15 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <200409150902.27378.adaplas@hotpop.com> References: <20040813114713.GA2168@suse.de> Reply-To: adaplas@pol.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 1Bw9Qk-0005cn-PM for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 14 Aug 2004 18:03:26 -0700 Received: from smtp-out.hotpop.com ([38.113.3.71]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bw9Qk-00075n-Ec for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 14 Aug 2004 18:03:26 -0700 Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by smtp-out.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id C5204106CDB0 for ; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 00:34:41 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <20040813114713.GA2168@suse.de> Content-Disposition: inline Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:02:25 +0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Olaf Hering , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net 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 framebuffer > console. > How can this be fixed? tty open should not touch the hardware if the tty > is not active. I tried the above and nothing happens to X. My setup is X86 nVidia AGP on rivafb linux-2.6.8-rc4-mm1. There are a bunch of framebuffer patches in rc4-mm1, perhaps those will help. Otherwise, it's probably a driver or arch specific problem. Tony ------------------------------------------------------- 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