From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Knut Petersen Subject: Re: Re: cyblafb in kernel 2.6.16: corrupted display in Xfree86 Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:57:52 +0100 Message-ID: <4422D390.4030500@t-online.de> References: <20060322234812.GB2361@intevation.de> <44225DAD.8080004@t-online.de> <20060323125244.GB5579@intevation.de> <4422B753.5080704@t-online.de> <20060323160321.GB7464@intevation.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=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1FMTGX-0000Ur-81 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:06:29 -0800 Received: from mailout02.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.17]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1FMTGS-0002Id-QE for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:06:26 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20060323160321.GB7464@intevation.de> 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 Thomas Arendsen Hein schrieb: >>/sbin/modprobe cyblafb && /usr/sbin/fbset -a 1280x1024-85 -depth 16 >> >> > >works > > > >>/sbin/modprobe cyblafb && /usr/sbin/fbset -g 1152 864 1152 864 8 -t 10000 >>168 40 57 13 152 11 >> >> > >doesn't work > > > >>/sbin/modprobe cyblafb && /usr/sbin/fbset -g 1152 864 1152 864 16 -t 10000 >>168 40 57 13 152 11 >> >> > >works > > > >>/sbin/modprobe cyblafb && /usr/sbin/fbset -g 1152 864 2048 4096 8 -t 10000 >>168 40 57 13 152 11 >> >> > >doesn't work > > > >>/sbin/modprobe cyblafb && /usr/sbin/fbset -g 1152 864 2048 2048 16 -t 10000 >>168 40 57 13 152 11 >> >> > >works > >With /sbin/modprobe cyblafb && /usr/sbin/fbset -a 1152x864-70 -depth 16 >(changing fb.modes would probably help, too) everything is back to >normal for me. > >I think the extra colors on console won't hurt, now that I know >about the 2048/4096 setting. > > > So the problem is that the 8bpp modes do not work with the X framebuffer driver. Please report that bug, I think X is responsible. >>Is there a special reason not to use the X* trident driver? >> >> > >Yes, I had crashes when using more than one X display (e.g. one >local xdm and one "X -query other :1"), > Try it again, the recent cyblafb works around X and xdm bugs that could have caused that crashes. >and switching between X and >console is _much_ faster this way. > > > I doubt that ... switching between X trident and cyblafb and back again takes only a few miliseconds here. cu, knut ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642