Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261450AbUKCADC (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Nov 2004 19:03:02 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261166AbUKCADB (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Nov 2004 19:03:01 -0500 Received: from anchor-post-36.mail.demon.net ([194.217.242.86]:32777 "EHLO anchor-post-36.mail.demon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262070AbUKCAC3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Nov 2004 19:02:29 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 00:01:29 +0000 (GMT) From: Mark Fortescue To: adaplas@pol.net cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, jsimmons@infradead.org, geert@linux-m68k.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, ultralinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, wli@holomorphy.com Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Help re Frame Buffer/Console Problems In-Reply-To: <200411030719.06138.adaplas@hotpop.com> 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: 903 Lines: 28 I have just tested it and at the moment it does not. I suspect that something needs to be registered in the 'panic_notifier_list' to do some basic resets on the colour palette. For the moment I will just ensure that colour 255 <> colour 0 by some visible margin (Black/Dark Slate). Mark. On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > On Wednesday 03 November 2004 06:57, Mark Fortescue wrote: > > Will this work for a kernel Panic ? > > > > Probably not, unless the 'Panic' tells fbcon to release the console and > tells promcon to take over the console again. That in itself is problematic > as fbcon cannot be safely unloaded yet. > > Tony > > - 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/