Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 23 Aug 1998 13:18:51 +0200 | From | Martin Mares <> | Subject | Re: FB & 2.1.117 |
| |
Hello.
> when using vesafb I have a noise ( I just don't know how else > to call it ) up to two centimeters on the right side of > everything written on the screen _when_ screen contents is > _changing_ ! Using X on the very same resolution _and_ refresh > rate I can see perfect picture so I doubt it's a shitty video > card. > > Can anybody confirm that !? > > Does FB device sync video signal at all !?
The vesafb driver has nothing to do with syncing etc. -- it just uses the linear frame buffer as set up by your BIOS. It's almost sure this is a BIOS bug (misprogrammed video memory timings or something similar). What card do you use?
Have a nice fortnight -- Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@ucw.cz> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/ Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth "The first myth of management is that it exists."
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/doc/lkml-faq.html
| |