Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Sat, 11 Jul 1998 21:08:59 +0200 (CEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: Console fixes for 2.1.108 |
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On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, Daniel Engstrom wrote: > Once booted (with vgafb) I still have a version of the black-on-black > problem. Kernel console messages appear right, but any output though > the tty seems to be written with the current background color. But if I > switch to another VC and then back the screen content is updated and > appears correct, but any updates while focused only affects the cursor > position.
drivers/char/console.c is optimized too agressively if you also enable CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE. This patch fixes that:
--- geert-2.1.108b/include/linux/vt_buffer.h.orig Sat Jul 11 15:34:19 1998 +++ geert-2.1.108b/include/linux/vt_buffer.h Sat Jul 11 20:43:20 1998 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ #include <linux/config.h> #ifdef CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE -#ifndef CONFIG_FB_MODULE +#if !defined(CONFIG_FB) && !defined(CONFIG_FB_MODULE) #define VT_BUF_VRAM_ONLY #endif #include <asm/vga.h> Greetings,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/ Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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