From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751028AbWF1T0h (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:26:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751059AbWF1T0h (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:26:37 -0400 Received: from mail.charite.de ([160.45.207.131]:16264 "EHLO mail.charite.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751024AbWF1T0g (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:26:36 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:26:34 +0200 From: Ralf Hildebrandt To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: radeonfb: corrupted screen on bootup Message-ID: <20060628192634.GJ28018@charite.de> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200606282118.27750.mb@bu3sch.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200606282118.27750.mb@bu3sch.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Michael Buesch : > I have a weird error with my PowerBook G4, which > has a radeon card. I am using radeonfb. > After bootup, the screen sometimes looks like it is melting. > I made a video to show you what is going on: > http://bu3sch.de/misc/after_boot.avi (6.1 MB) The same SOMETIMES happens to me as well (Medion Laptop GD96400 with an ATI card and the "radeon" driver from X.org), but I use the vesafb, since the radeonfb won't recognize my card. > But here comes the interresting part: > If I switch back into the console, the screen becomes > normal again and I can continue to work as usual. Same here. > I am suspecting some initialization routine bug. Yep. -- Ralf Hildebrandt (i.A. des IT-Zentrums) Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 Gemeinsame Einrichtung von FU- und HU-Berlin Fax. +49 (0)30-450 570-962 IT-Zentrum Standort CBF send no mail to spamtrap@charite.de