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From: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com>
To: grfgguvf.29601511@bloglines.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Weird framebuffer bug?
Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 07:07:03 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <445A8917.2030905@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1146780118.931342476.15992.sendItem@bloglines.com>

grfgguvf.29601511@bloglines.com wrote:
> --- Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> And if you can't specify
> the actual resolution with vesafb, try nvidiafb.
> 
> 
> 
> I have specified the actual
> resolution. Text mode with vesafb fills the whole screen (and the on-screen
> menu says 1024x768 which is the native resolution of the monitor). The screenshot
> I took when using X via fbdev (set to 1024x768 too) while the displaying was
> erroneous is 1024x768 as well. It somehow just doesn't reach the monitor in
> that form.
> 

Does the same thing happens with different color depths?

Can you try using the "vesa" driver with X?  If the same thing happens, it might
be a problem with the BIOS.

BTW, what does dmesg and fbset -i say?

Tony

PS: I'll be traveling in a few hours, so I may not be able to answer back.

  reply	other threads:[~2006-05-04 23:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-04 22:01 Weird framebuffer bug? grfgguvf.29601511
2006-05-04 23:07 ` Antonino A. Daplas [this message]
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2006-05-05  1:33 grfgguvf.29601511
2006-05-04 23:42 grfgguvf.29601511
2006-05-04 21:34 grfgguvf.29601511
2006-05-04 21:24 grfgguvf.29601511
2006-05-04 21:29 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-05-04 21:44   ` Antonino A. Daplas

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