From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Fractallyte Subject: Re: Re: Re: atyfb, console, kernel 2.6.14 & Sony Vaio C1VE Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 19:04:24 +0000 Message-ID: <60b1aebf4e1937a06ebff8cd92a8f4b3@csi.com> References: <83d4769a9bceb571796228cb5c7534c3@csi.com> <20060303150123.GA27401@sci.fi> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1FFFZk-0003OK-8e for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:04:28 -0800 Received: from anchor-post-36.mail.demon.net ([194.217.242.86]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1FFFZi-0003s9-Ur for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:04:28 -0800 Received: from serendip.demon.co.uk ([80.176.90.177] helo=[192.168.0.4]) by anchor-post-36.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.42) id 1FFFZg-0009px-LY for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 19:04:24 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20060303150123.GA27401@sci.fi> 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="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On 3 Mar 2006, at 15:01, Ville Syrj=E4l=E4 wrote: >> It's only *seems* to be a success... The console is correctly set to >> 128x30, however the timings are apparently not passed from the BIOS = to >> the console driver. =46rom this point on the screen becomes = unreadable >> and unusable: white blooms from the edges and spreads inward. > > IIRC my OmniBook 500 did the same thing in the past. I don't remember > what (if anything) I did to fix it. I tried to fiddle around with the > BIOS 'video expansion' option and tried passing various modes to atyfb > but I just can't reproduce it. > > --=20 > Ville Syrj=E4l=E4 > syrjala@sci.fi > http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/ Unfortunately, the BIOS options on a Vaio C1VE are rather limited! I'm=20= still trying various atyfb options... Amir= ------------------------------------------------------- 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