Besides the problems with mode switching with fbcon, I have two other
problems with sisfb:
1. My gpm mouse cursor on the framebuffer console is a cyan rectangle
with a bright orange "G" in it. Actually the G has a "^" accent over
it. That's just when it's over a blank spot. When I move it over other
characters, the character in the pointer changes. However, it does work
for selecting text.
2. I can't seem to set the default video mode from the kernel command
line. I have tried:
video=sis:1024x768-24@75
video=sisfb:1024x768-24@75
and neither one works. What is the expected command line?
Thanks,
--
Torrey Hoffman <[email protected]>
> Besides the problems with mode switching with fbcon, I have two other
> problems with sisfb:
>
> 1. My gpm mouse cursor on the framebuffer console is a cyan rectangle
> with a bright orange "G" in it. Actually the G has a "^" accent over
> it. That's just when it's over a blank spot. When I move it over other
> characters, the character in the pointer changes. However, it does work
> for selecting text.
Try my latest patch. It should fix this.
http://phoenix.infradead.org/~jsimmons/fbdev.diff.gz
Let me know how it works out for you.
> 2. I can't seem to set the default video mode from the kernel command
> line. I have tried:
>
> video=sis:1024x768-24@75
> video=sisfb:1024x768-24@75
>
> and neither one works. What is the expected command line?
It is video=sisfb:...
Hm. It should work.
James Simmons wrote:
>> 2. I can't seem to set the default video mode from the kernel command
>> line. I have tried:
>>
>> video=sis:1024x768-24@75
>> video=sisfb:1024x768-24@75
>>
>> and neither one works. What is the expected command line?
>
> It is video=sisfb:...
>
> Hm. It should work.
The sisfb parameter syntax is a bit tricky, it's explained at the
maintainer's website:
http://www.webit.at/~twinny/linuxsisvga.shtml
On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 16:22, James Simmons wrote:
> > Besides the problems with mode switching with fbcon, I have two other
> > problems with sisfb:
> >
> > 1. My gpm mouse cursor on the framebuffer console is a cyan rectangle
> > with a bright orange "G" in it. Actually the G has a "^" accent over
> > it. That's just when it's over a blank spot. When I move it over other
> > characters, the character in the pointer changes. However, it does work
> > for selecting text.
>
> Try my latest patch. It should fix this.
>
Well, not quite. The problem is still there. I have checked it a
little more closely though, and noticed that it isn't always there.
Some virtual consoles have the problem and some don't. It seems like
before I log in on a console, there's no problem. And sometimes even
after logging in it is OK, but usually after I log in the green and
orange framebuffer mousepointer starts.
This is Red Hat 8.0, by the way. I think it does something to the
console when I log in, the screen usually blanks for a second after I
enter the login password and before the bash prompt appears.
> > video=sisfb:1024x768-24@75
> >
> > and neither one works. What is the expected command line?
>
> It is video=sisfb:...
>
> Hm. It should work.
I found the sisfb web page and it is:
video=sisfb:mode:1024x768x24
and that works, but only at 60 HZ. I haven't tried putting a "@75" on
the end yet...
Thanks again!
--
Torrey Hoffman <[email protected]>