Messages in this thread | | | From | Roderich Schupp <> | Date | Sat, 3 Oct 1998 16:11:19 +0200 | Subject | Problems with VESA framebuffer console in 2.1.124-pre2 |
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Hi folks, the VESA framebuffer console worked fine for my Toshiba i586 notebook (graphics chip is a CT 65550) up to (at least) 2.1.120 with vga=0x305 (1024x768 @ 256 colors). With 2.1.124-pre2 and using the default settings I get a black screen. Machine boots fine though. I then tried different video=vesa:... boot options:
redraw,nopal works fine as before redraw black-on-black screen nopal characters are visible, but screen is vertically offset, redrawing is incorrect, e.g. at shell prompt the current line is not visible and appears as the bottom line after I hit return
So the real culprit seems to be the protected mode palette code and there are glitches in the panning code as well.
FWIW, here's what's in the logs for the black-on-black case (w/default modes):
click kernel: vesafb: framebuffer at 0xfe000000, mapped to 0xc5802000, size 2048 click kernel: vesafb: mode is 1024x768x8, linelength=1024, pages=0 click kernel: vesafb: protected mode interface info at e400:9f00 click kernel: vesafb: pmi: set display start = c00edf38, set palette = c00edf78 click kernel: vesafb: pmi: ports = 3c0 3d4 3d5 3d6 3d7 3d8 3d9 3da click kernel: vesafb: scrolling: ypan using protected mode interface, yres_virtual=2048 click kernel: Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48 click kernel: fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
Cheers, Roderich -- Klein bottle for rent -- inquire within.
Roderich Schupp mailto:rsch@ExperTeam.de ExperTeam GmbH http://www.experteam.de/ Munich, Germany linux:2.1.124
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