Re: [3/3] 2.6.21-rc6: known regressions

Antonino A. Daplas
2007-04-17T09:27:56Z

On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 10:17 +0200, Marcus Better wrote:
> > Have you tried other combinations?
> >
> > s2ram -m -p -f
> > s2ram -s -p -f
>
> Yes, I tried these slightly different combinations:
>
> s2ram -f -a3 -s: Works! The screen becomes green but is restored quickly. It
> prints the following messages:
> Allocated buffer at 0x11000 (base is 0x0)
> ES: 0x1100 EBX: 0x0000
> Save video state failed
> Calling restore_state_from
> Function not supported?
> Restore video state failed
> Switching back to vt1
>
> s2ram -f -a3 -p: Screen goes green and then blank. Everything hangs, doesn't
> react to keyboard input.
>
> s2ram -f -a3 -m: Works!
>

Thanks. Should we consider this regression resolved? There is really
nothing much vesafb can do to restore its previous state, except through
the use of userland tools.

Tony