From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Knut Petersen Subject: Re: how does one _stop_ using fb Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:05:23 +0200 Message-ID: <42D7D0B3.4020208@t-online.de> 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 ([10.3.1.91] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1DtRkA-0007Jk-QL for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 08:04:50 -0700 Received: from mailout04.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.18]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1DtRk8-00010f-AS for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 08:04:50 -0700 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"; format="flowed" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Hi everybody, James Simmons wrote: > You need a driver that supports going back to vga text mode. Unfortunely > very few drivers support that. At present we can"t go back. I can unload my framebuffer for the cyberblade/i1 and reload it by - loading vfb as the first fb module, then - loading my fb module - switching one or more tty to it with con2fb, - switching back all assigned ttys to vfb using con2fb, then - unloading my driver and - reloading it or a version. The driver has the capability to detect the startup mode, and it would not be hard to program the hardware to that state again. Could anyone please explain in more detail what has to be done on the driver level that this vfb fiddling is unnecessary? Which few drivers do support that? cu, Knut ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click