Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.1.107 frame buffer _badly_ broken | Date | Fri, 26 Jun 1998 21:13:12 -0500 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Enrico Demarin wrote: > Horst von Brand <vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl> said: > >i586 UP, egcs-19980621, binutils-2.9.1.0.6
> >My graphics card is identified as: > > > > Bus 0, device 9, function 0: > > VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 (rev 0). > > Medium devsel. > > Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe0000008].
> >Whatever I gave to vga=ask, either I saw something (mostly CRC breakage > >when booting) or I got very nice boot messages in tasteful black on a nice > >black background. The boot froze everytime before finishing the first > >screenful, but seemingly not with a checksum error with black screen > >(ctrl-alt-del worked). Got rid of framebuffer stuff, boots and runs OK up > >to here. Just one flicker when booting (switching to graphics mode, or > >trying to?).
> Same problem here, i have a S3 Trio64v2dx.... > Compiled without framebuffer works but setfont is broken and no scrollback > buffer...
Does it work with frame buffer support and vgafb instead of vesafb? Vgafb is a text-only frame buffer device and should work. Technically it's the same code as vgacon and the old VGA driver. It's main advantage over vgacon is that it's a frame buffer device, and that it's much faster.
Now it's black velvet messages on peach black. No crash, boot just stops (asking for VGA number, perhaps?) -- Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl Casilla 9G, Viña del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616
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