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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 22:52:18 -0800 (PST)
From: James Simmons <jsimmons@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: Linux 2.5.51 (fbcon issues)
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> On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 07:17:19PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >   o Ported riva and vga16fb over to new api. Thanks Antonia Daplas!!!
> >     More optimizations in fbcon.c
>
> Almost but not quite. It boots fine by default but if I try to set the
> vga setting to a 1024x768 screen in garbles a 640x480 rectangle in the
> middle of my laptop screen and freezes. This mode worked fine under
> 2.4.x so I know the chip is capable.
>
> lilo.conf
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
>         label=linux
>         alias=l
>         read-only
>         vga=0x317
>         append="video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr"
>
> relevant bit out of .config:
>
> CONFIG_FB=y
> CONFIG_FB_VGA16=y

Remove that. I bet its getting confussed between VESA and the vga16fb
driver.

I would recommend you also disable VGA_CONSOLE.

> CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
> CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
> CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
> CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
> CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
> CONFIG_PCI_CONSOLE=y
> CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
> CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y


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