Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: funny framebuffer fonts on PowerBook with radeonfb

Kyle Moffett
2006-03-27T07:25:00Z

On Mar 27, 2006, at 02:11:08, Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>> On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 05:37 +0200, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
>> Interesting... I suspect there is an endian bug in the new font
>> code that hits odd sized fonts (or non-multiple-of-8 fonts). Can
>> you try enabling 8x8 and 8x16 instead of 6x11 and 7x14 fonts and
>> tell me if those work ?
>>
>> Tony: If my suspition is confirmed, I think that's your call :)
>
> It probably is, a remnant of the console rotation code. If that is
> truly the case, the patch I just sent in another thread should fix it.

I ran into this same bug on my Dual 1GHz Windtunnel G4 with an
upgraded GPU (Radeon 9800) in the 2.6.16-rc4 timeframe. Turning off
the customized console font selection and reverting to the default
list of fonts fixed the problem for me. I think I had the console
rotation config option turned on, but I don't have that config any
more and can't be sure.

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett