From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267340AbUHPCQU (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Aug 2004 22:16:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267345AbUHPCQU (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Aug 2004 22:16:20 -0400 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:65429 "EHLO gate.crashing.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267340AbUHPCPC (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Aug 2004 22:15:02 -0400 Subject: Re: Radeon FB slightly broken in 2.6.8.x From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Clemens Schwaighofer Cc: Linux Kernel list In-Reply-To: <411FFC3B.9050808@tequila.co.jp> References: <411F5F7F.9050403@tequila.co.jp> <1092608961.9529.23.camel@gaston> <411FFC3B.9050808@tequila.co.jp> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1092622048.9529.38.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 12:07:28 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > |>I am a forced owner of a Radeon 7500 in my Sony Laptop. with 2.6.7 the > |>framebuffer works perfectly fine, but with 2.6.8.x I get strange > |>colerful ascii garbage on the bottom of the screen during booten and > |>then good 10 or more lines are sort of "hidden" outside of the screen. > |>It seems like the screen is not positioned to the end of the output. > |>Kinda strange, cause I first thought it stopped loading exim4 for some > |>reason and not until after I pressed enter a lot I saw that I had a > |>login screen just very far outside of my visual area :) > |> > |>Config attached, but it hasn't chagned to 2.6.7 in the FB area. > | > | > | Does it get back to normal at the end of boot ? > > The "colorful" ascii disappear as they are only ~10 lines and they > scroll up. But even after login, the actual cursor is ~10-15 lines > outside of the visible area. Does it disappear if you use video=radeonfb:noaccel on the kernel command line ? Ben.