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From: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com>
To: Damien Wyart <damien.wyart@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: VESA fb console in 2.6.15
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 08:28:56 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <43826648.9030606@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051121215531.GA3429@localhost.localdomain>

Damien Wyart wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've noticed in several versions of 2.6.15 that VESA fb console seems
> completely broken : it draws screen in several very slow steps, making
> the whole display almos unusable. And it crashes *very* often, for
> example when switching to X. The computer is complety locked, and
> doesn't even respond to SysRQ.
> 
> I guess it is quite trivial to reproduce, the difference with 2.6.14 is
> immediately visible.
> 
> I use vga=0x31B as boot param.
> 

Try booting with:

vga=0x31b video=vesafb:mtrr:3

or

vga=0x31b video=vesafb:ypan,mtrr:3

Tony


  reply	other threads:[~2005-11-22  0:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-11-21 21:55 VESA fb console in 2.6.15 Damien Wyart
2005-11-22  0:28 ` Antonino A. Daplas [this message]
2005-11-22 17:17   ` Damien Wyart
2005-11-23  0:22     ` Andrew Morton
2005-11-23  0:32       ` Antonino A. Daplas
2005-11-23  7:36         ` Damien Wyart
2005-11-23 19:38         ` Bill Davidsen

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