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SubjectRe: vcsa devices in 2.1.110
> I have two programs that use the /dev/vcsa devices that stopped working
> properly in 2.1.110 (worked fine in 2.1.103, last devel kernel I used).
> They appear to write normally, but what they display doesn't stay, it
> flashes for an instant and the screen looks just like it did before I ran
> the program. The programs appear to run fine, cursor positioning is
> correct. Recompiling the apps doesn't help. The two programs in question
> are fte (0.46b5 w/linux patch), and mcl (mud client for linux). Both are
> available at www.abandoned.org/drylock.
>
> BTW, I'm not using the new frame buffer stuff.
>
> Hope this helps fix a bug!

Unfortunately, it doesn't ... as the bug is (hopefully) already fixed.
Try pre-2.1.111-1.

Have a nice fortnight
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Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@ucw.cz> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth
"Maintenance-free: When it breaks, it can't be fixed..."

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