Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 29 Oct 2000 04:22:28 +0100 | From | Petr Vandrovec <> | Subject | Re: [linux-fbdev] [PATCH] fbcon->vgacon->fbcon |
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On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 10:28:02PM -0700, James Simmons wrote: > > Hi! > > Here is a new version of my vga patch. I now have it where you go from > vgacon to fbcon to vgacon again. I have tried this with the vga16fb > driver and it works very well. It needs a little work for a better > vgacon restore mode. Vgacon can even restore the fonts itself :-) > I tested it with the matrox framebufer with less luck. I assume I'm not > freeing resources properly. I will test it with other fbdev drivers next > week. Thank you.
Matroxfb does not switch hardware to VGA mode on exit. Try doing 'fbset -depth 0 -a' before quitting from matroxfb. Petr Vandrovec vandrove@vc.cvut.cz
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