Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Jun 1999 23:05:34 +0200 (CEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: Framebuffer question. |
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On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Modemch wrote: > > There are a few problems with the matrox framebuffer, one of them was > > mentioned on the list - it locks up the machine if you try to scroll up > > (shift-pageup) while something is scrolling down. I've noticed a few more, > > like garbled characters, and screen going blank if you switch to a console > > running less, and press the up arrow. I thought I could try to fix these, > > but ran into a problem right away. It is possible to compile the > > framebuffer as a module, but I have no clue how it can be removed after > > it's inserted - naturally, rmmod doesn't work as the module is being used > > by all the consoles. Is there a way to actually remove or reload it, and > > if not, what's the point of having a framebuffer driver as a module? > > It is currently impossible to unload a framebuffer modules AFAIK.
It's not impossible. If no VCs are mapped to a frame buffer device, you can unload it. Works fine with vga16fb on my CHRP box :-)
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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