From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Fw: Re: disabling VESAFB no longer locks up VT (was Re: 2.4.10-r1 MTRR bug) Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:04:45 -0800 Message-ID: <20050114170445.0d02ae91.akpm@osdl.org> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.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 1CpcIQ-0001Vq-Ni for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:00:06 -0800 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6] helo=mail.osdl.org) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CpcIN-0005yb-Ij for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:00:05 -0800 Received: from akpm.pao.digeo.com (build.pdx.osdl.net [172.20.1.2]) by mail.osdl.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id j0F101l07457 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:00:01 -0800 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 Are you folks aware of this lkml thread?? Thanks. Begin forwarded message: Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:50:42 -0800 From: Steve To: Daniel Drake Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: disabling VESAFB no longer locks up VT (was Re: 2.4.10-r1 MTRR bug) Daniel Drake wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > Andrew Morton wrote: > >> Steve wrote: >> >>> For the Athlon 2100, I get the following outputs and then the VGA >>> console is frozen from further output (but it doesn't prevent the >>> full bootup into X windows session of which I am able to resume >>> normal Linux/X session, but not able to regain any virtual console >>> session.) >> >> >> >> hm. Not sure what could have caused that. > > > This may be a problem in Gentoo's kernels, we offer an experimental > version of vesafb... Disabling the VESAFB resulted in regaining control of the VTs (virtual terminals). ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt