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 19:01:39 +0000 Message-ID: References: <83d4769a9bceb571796228cb5c7534c3@csi.com> <43FF7797.7040403@gmail.com> <2b6bda73c1ef8b8d6463bbe2de83a431@csi.com> <44021879.7040806@gmail.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) 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 1FFFX5-00032S-Vs for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:01:43 -0800 Received: from anchor-post-30.mail.demon.net ([194.217.242.88]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1FFFX4-0003Bt-LC for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:01:44 -0800 Received: from serendip.demon.co.uk ([80.176.90.177] helo=[192.168.0.4]) by anchor-post-30.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.42) id 1FFFX2-000Epw-14 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 19:01:40 +0000 In-Reply-To: <44021879.7040806@gmail.com> 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 On 26 Feb 2006, at 21:07, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > Fractallyte wrote: > > Putting back Ville and fbdev-devel back on the CC list. > >> Thanks for the quick reply! >> >> I tried what you suggested, but it has no effect. The interesting >> thing >> is that the BIOS timings and geometry work perfectly in Xorg. I've >> tried using SVGATextMode and FBSet using these values, but neither >> works. >> >> Could it be that the display is correct (it fills up the screen, after >> all - just stretched out), but the console just doesn't recognise it? > > I doubt it. If you can run X over fbdev and you get a perfect display, > then I would agree with you that this is a bug in the console code. I suddenly remembered: I CAN'T run X over atyfb. I just get a blank (sometimes corrupted) screen. To run X I have to turn off atyfb in grub. 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