Messages in this thread | | | From | Gerd Knorr <> | Date | Sat, 23 Jan 1999 11:54:41 +0100 | Subject | Re: crash in vesafb? |
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In lists.linux.kernel you write:
>I installed 2.2.0pre9 with vesa framebuffer support enabled. If I boot with the >ypan/ywrap options, the machine crashes after some time. Actually, most of the >time it doesn't actually crash, it switches my monitor off, and the only way I >know to bring it back is reboot. A couple of times it actually froze solid. I >have an ATI Mach64 card (Xpert98). I haven't tried the Mach64 fb too much, >because it doesn't display properly (some pixels disappear etc). I have no >trouble if I use the vesa:redraw option instead. This generally happens after >some time, and often if I am scrolling screen-by-screen using less (say a man >page). Couple of times it also happened while in vi. There were no error >messages or OOPS, so can't help there.
For panning the VESA BIOS callbacks are used. Might be some bug in your BIOS.
>Jan 22 23:33:35 anjala kernel: fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device >Jan 22 23:33:35 anjala kernel: fb1: ATY Mach64 frame buffer device on PCI
>I have the Mach64 driver still compiled in, though I don't use it.
But it (seems to) initialize the hardware. Maybe this confuses the BIOS. Try "video=atyfb:off" if you don't want to use atyfb.
Gerd
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