From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: [CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA] Mirrored characters on the console on a G5 Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:07:58 +0800 Message-ID: <200504151107.58081.adaplas@hotpop.com> References: <1113298311.5465.159.camel@mac-francois> <200504141351.19243.adaplas@hotpop.com> <1113497550.9779.13.camel@mac-francois> 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 1DMHCc-0001FX-Lm for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:09:06 -0700 Received: from smtp-out.hotpop.com ([38.113.3.61]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1DMHCc-0007Rs-3v for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:09:06 -0700 Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by smtp-out.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 04236101DBDE for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 03:08:56 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <1113497550.9779.13.camel@mac-francois> 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: Francois , adaplas@pol.net Cc: linux-fbdev-devel On Friday 15 April 2005 00:52, Francois wrote: > Hi Tony, > > > Only characters are mirrored, and not the entire row (ie, row starts at > > the left side, and not at the right)? > > Only the characters (so I can't look in a mirror and have a "normal" screen > :-). > > > Can you try fbset -accel false and see if it helps? > > Right on the spot! I can now switch between mirrored and not mirrored. You can also append this when you boot: video=nvidiafb:noaccel so you don't have to do an fbset -accel false each time. > > > I think rivafb supports this particular chipset, but without > > acceleration. > > Actually my X display is garbled with rivafb (with which console > characters are fine). With fb_nvidia, X seems to work fine independently > of whether the acceleration is switched on or off (some screen size and > frequency issues needs tuning though). > > > If it does, this is a problem with nvidia's imageblit function which > > converts big-endian bitmaps to little endian? Perhaps the help > > reverse_order() is not needed for your arch. Can you comment out calls > > to reverse_order() in drivers/video/nvidia/nv_accel.c? > > I'll try this and I'll get back to you this the results. > I'll wait, 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://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click