From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Winischhofer Subject: Re: fbcon or sisfb problem? Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 16:52:07 +0200 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <40B75217.2060704@winischhofer.net> References: <40B6874E.8070200@winischhofer.net> <40B6A4C2.80708@undead.cc> 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 1BTije-0007iW-E4 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 28 May 2004 07:53:26 -0700 Received: from [213.229.38.66] (helo=mail.falke.at) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BTijd-00004r-Ny for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 28 May 2004 07:53:25 -0700 In-Reply-To: <40B6A4C2.80708@undead.cc> 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"; format="flowed" To: John Zielinski Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net John Zielinski wrote: > Thomas Winischhofer wrote: > >> 1) Upon start (be it in kernel, be it upon modprobe), I see a big >> white rectangle. It seems that this rectangle's size matches exactly >> the size of the previous console area. I have seen reports of similar >> problems since late 2003. Any progress on this? (I have digged around >> in the fbcon code but got lost at some time.) >> > I get something similar when using the radeonfb driver except that I get > mulit-colored garbage on the screen instead of solid white. The > difference is probably due to the different ways that radeonfb and sisfb > remap the VGA memory layout. I posted a fix in a post titled "Console > takeover screen corruption issue" a while back on this list. > > Could you see if that patch fixes your problem? If enough people test > it we could probably get it included into the kernel. > > John > > Will do. BTW: I saw a post on google groups where a user of a Maxtrox described the exactly same phenomenon, ie white rectangle. Thomas -- Thomas Winischhofer Vienna/Austria thomas AT winischhofer DOT net *** http://www.winischhofer.net twini AT xfree86 DOT org ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click