Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 15:16:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 15:16:25 -0500 Received: from phoenix.mvhi.com ([195.224.96.167]:57874 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 15:16:24 -0500 Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:26:10 +0000 (GMT) From: James Simmons To: Russell King cc: Antonino Daplas , Linux Kernel List , Linux Fbdev development list Subject: Re: fbcon scrolling madness + fbset corruption In-Reply-To: <20030202195744.C32007@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 957 Lines: 23 > So it looks like something isn't limiting the yoffset in the generic > console layer; an xoffset of 2392 when the maximum virtual Y is 1632 > is just nonsense. I'm going to need to do some heavy cleaning in the next few days. > I also noticed an additional problem with fbcon: if I change the > resolution using fbset, the change occurs, except I end up with > corrupted mess on the screen (the reminents of the original display.) > The shell prompt is nowhere to be seen. > > Hitting ^L clears the screen and then the shell prompt is visiable. The method to use now is stty to change the console mode. It works :-) fbset is used to change the variable the vt terminals are not familiar with such as bpp. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/