From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265212AbUGDRKd (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jul 2004 13:10:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265214AbUGDRKd (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jul 2004 13:10:33 -0400 Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:43966 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265212AbUGDRKb (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jul 2004 13:10:31 -0400 Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 19:10:28 +0200 From: Olaf Hering To: Jurriaan Cc: Antonino Daplas , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: 2.6.7-bk16, mode-switch-in-fbcon_blank.patch breaks X on r128 Message-ID: <20040704171028.GA22469@suse.de> References: <20040704160358.GA20970@suse.de> <20040704164037.GA18255@middle.of.nowhere> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040704164037.GA18255@middle.of.nowhere> X-DOS: I got your 640K Real Mode Right Here Buddy! X-Homeland-Security: You are not supposed to read this line! You are a terrorist! User-Agent: Mutt und vi sind doch schneller als Notes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jul 04, Jurriaan wrote: > From: Olaf Hering > Date: Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 06:03:58PM +0200 > > > > This patch, which went into 2.6.7-bk16, breaks X on my ibook with r128 > > chipset. X starts just fine, but the screen stays black. I can switch to > > a textconsole and the console login appears. > > > > I see no errors in dmesg or XFree86.0.log. Its version 4.3.0 from SuSE 8.2. > > > > I also had problems (switching back from X to console rewrote my refresh > rate from 85 to 60 Hz) and this patch was posted in the > linux-fbdev-devel mailinglist which solved my problems. > > could you try it and let Antonino A Daplas (adaplas @ pol.net) know if > this worked for you? No, this will not work, fbcon_resize() is called before fbcon_blank(). I think the removed code in fbcon_blank() is needed.