Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261911AbVEWS4w (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 May 2005 14:56:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261926AbVEWS4w (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 May 2005 14:56:52 -0400 Received: from alog0436.analogic.com ([208.224.222.212]:17065 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261911AbVEWS4t (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 May 2005 14:56:49 -0400 Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 14:56:15 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" Reply-To: linux-os@analogic.com To: =?ISO-8859-2?B?R+Fib3IgTOlu4XJ0?= cc: Linux kernel Subject: Re: Screen regen buffer at 0x00b8000 In-Reply-To: <20050523182856.GC20318@vega.lgb.hu> Message-ID: References: <20050523182856.GC20318@vega.lgb.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="1879706418-1256369067-1116874575=:25390" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1708 Lines: 48 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --1879706418-1256369067-1116874575=:25390 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Mon, 23 May 2005, [ISO-8859-2] G=E1bor L=E9n=E1rt wrote: > Hello, > > On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 04:17:43PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: >> Well I started out opening /dev/vcs, lseeking to 64, and writing >> a string. This "sort of" worked, but screen attributes got messed >> up so the "blue" screen attribute 0x17 ended up eventually being >> black. > > /dev/vcsa !=3D /dev/vcs !!!! > > There are two different devices, as far as I remember, one is only for > the characters itself on the console, and one includes attributes as well= ... > > FYI Documentation/devices.txt: > > 0 =3D /dev/vcs Current vc text contents > 1 =3D /dev/vcs1 tty1 text contents > [...] > 128 =3D /dev/vcsa Current vc text/attribute conten= ts > 129 =3D /dev/vcsa1 tty1 text/attribute contents > > - G=E1bor > Thanks, I'll check this out. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.11.9 on an i686 machine (5554.17 BogoMips). Notice : All mail here is now cached for review by Dictator Bush. 98.36% of all statistics are fiction. --1879706418-1256369067-1116874575=:25390-- - 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/