From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753518AbXIRIoa (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:44:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751240AbXIRIoX (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:44:23 -0400 Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.181]:8444 "EHLO wa-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751114AbXIRIoW (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:44:22 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=unJPWVVPrc0Yu8xZffH+HjkfqXMJBfZKg4LLdysazypLCm2N741PShzINOcvYTou74nUeCJZC1yBguAnlZQNa284bn+UMA97/JL7vbIp5xGZOBkO4QbLZAzq0t/0N9IZMFPUujEYafldAt+Y+YvDwiItBlnRdAVw04uPli55NnU= Subject: Re: VGA text console display problem with kernel 2.6.23-rc5/6 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" To: lnx-kern@soo.com Cc: Kernel Mailing list In-Reply-To: <46EF7DAD.3080502@soo.com> References: <46EF7DAD.3080502@soo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:44:15 +0800 Message-Id: <1190105055.6446.2.camel@daplas> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 03:26 -0400, ben soo wrote: > i've 2 servers with old PCI VGA cards, one using X86_64 kernel > version 2.6.23-rc5 and one with i386 kernel version 2.6.23-rc6, > both wired into the same CRT via a KVM switch. Is this new? If yes, what's the version of the last working kernel? > > No matter what text screen size i set on both these machines (using > resizecons) the shell line where i type in commands is past the > bottom of the screen, invisible. > > Another box connected to the same KVM displays fine, and it runs > 2.6.22-rc7. > > i also have a box running kernel 2.6.23-rc5 where the console > display is fine: it uses a GeForce 8500 PCI-E vidcard driving a LCD > screen. Can you post dmesg and output of stty -a? Tony