Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:09:04 -0600 (MDT) | From | Richard Rager <> | Subject | Re: X server problem since 2.4.0-test5-pre1/2 / Fixed!!! |
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I have found out if this happen just type reset on the text term and it will work again.
Enjoy,
Richard
On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Dieter [iso-8859-1] Nützel wrote:
> > Petr Vandrovec wrote: > > > > > > > --- linux-2.4.0-test4-bug/drivers/char/console.c Tue Jul 11 15:20:01 2000 > > > > > +++ linux-2.4.0-test4/drivers/char/console.c Fri Jul 14 17:10:47 2000 > > > > > @@ -584,12 +584,12 @@ > > > > > currcons = new_console; > > > > > hide_cursor(currcons); > > > > > } > > > > > - > > > > > + > > > > > if (redraw) { > > > > > set_origin(currcons); > > > > > + set_palette(currcons); > > > > > if (sw->con_switch(vc_cons[currcons].d) && vcmode != KD_GRAPHICS) { > > > > > /* Update the screen contents */ > > > > > - set_palette(currcons); > > > > > do_update_region(currcons, origin, screenbuf_size/2); > > > > > } > > > > > } > > > > > > Hi Dieter and others, > > > can you try this instead? Doing set_palette() (and set_origin too if we > > > are talking about it) before con_switch is severely broken. Old code, before > > > moving set_palette, did set_palette unconditionally even when KD_GRAPHICS. > > > Code below restores this behavior, but still does set_palette() after console > > > switch. Please tell me whether it fixes your problem too (if not, then > > > X server must be fixed... if yes, then I believe that this is THE ONE CORRECT > > > PATCH (tm)). > > > > It do NOT fix the problem :-( > > So the X server must be fixed as you said. > > > > > --- linux-2.4.0-test5-pre3/drivers/char/console.c.orig Wed Jul 19 22:36:04 2000 > > > +++ linux-2.4.0-test5-pre3/drivers/char/console.c Thu Jul 20 12:05:17 2000 > > > @@ -587,10 +587,12 @@ > > > > > > if (redraw) { > > > set_origin(currcons); > > > - if (sw->con_switch(vc_cons[currcons].d) && vcmode != KD_GRAPHICS) { > > > + if (sw->con_switch(vc_cons[currcons].d)) { > > > /* Update the screen contents */ > > > set_palette(currcons); > > > - do_update_region(currcons, origin, screenbuf_size/2); > > > + if (vcmode != KD_GRAPHICS) { > > > + do_update_region(currcons, origin, screenbuf_size/2); > > > + } > > > } > > > } > > > set_cursor(currcons); > > > > Goodnight! > > Dieter > > > > Has anyone a fix for the XFree86 4.0.1 tree ready??? > > I've checked it with kernel 2.4.0-test5 (final) and get the 'black > screen', again...;-( > > Thanks, > Dieter > > -- > Dieter Nützel > Graduate Student, Computer Science > > University of Hamburg > Department of Computer Science > Cognitive Systems Group > Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30 > D-22527 Hamburg, Germany > > email: nuetzel@kogs.informatik.uni-hamburg.de > @home: dieter.nuetzel@myokay.net > > > > > - > 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.tux.org/lkml/ >
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