From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: some nvidiafb test results Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 02:59:55 +0800 Message-ID: <200412130259.57008.adaplas@hotpop.com> References: <200412112353.06870.rfjak@eircom.net> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.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 1CdZ1P-0003M9-UU for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:04:43 -0800 Received: from smtp-out.hotpop.com ([38.113.3.61]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CdZ1P-0005YB-7A for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:04:43 -0800 Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by smtp-out.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 0B1BDB52911 for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 19:04:31 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <200412112353.06870.rfjak@eircom.net> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net 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: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, John Kinsella On Sunday 12 December 2004 19:04, John Kinsella wrote: > But when I test nvidiafb on my Toshiba Satellite laptop with 32Mb GeForce4 > 420Go, things are not so good : rivafb works OK for the last few 2.6.x > releases, but nvidiafb does not. With nvidiafb, I get a display shifted so > that the first column appears over near the right hand side of screen. The > first 4 columns also appear twice e.g. for login prompt "Toshiba login", I > see "ToshTosh login" over near the right margin of the screen. Using fbset > to display the resolution timings, I get different results between nvidiafb > & rivafb. > NB: no EDID is available for the LCD, so I usually pass in a mode like > video=rivafb:1024x768-60 Can you turn off debugging in both rivafb and nviidiafb? Then, enable debugging in drivers/video/fbmon.c by changing this line: #undef DEBUG to #define DEBUG. Then send me the dmesg for both nvidiafb and rivafb. Thanks. Tony ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/