From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264446AbUBOK1H (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2004 05:27:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264455AbUBOK1H (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2004 05:27:07 -0500 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:63133 "EHLO gate.crashing.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264446AbUBOK1F (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2004 05:27:05 -0500 Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.3-rc3 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Peter Osterlund Cc: Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <1076838882.6957.48.camel@gaston> References: <1076838882.6957.48.camel@gaston> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1076840755.6949.50.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 21:25:56 +1100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > It doesn't seem to work on my x86 laptop. The screen goes black when > > the framebuffer is enabled early in the boot sequence. The machine > > boots normally anyway and I can log in from the network or log in > > blindly at the console. I can then start the X server which appears to > > work correctly, but switching back to a console still gives me a black > > screen. Running "setfont" doesn't fix it. Here is what dmesg reports > > when running 2.6.3-rc3: > > Did it ever work ? (I need to know if it's a regression or some problem > that was already there in the first place). (Hrm... looking at the end > of your mail, it indeed seem to be a regression with this version) BTW. This is the reason I left the "old" driver in, you can still build it if the new ones goes wrong. Ben