Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964972AbWEBVJd (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 May 2006 17:09:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964975AbWEBVJd (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 May 2006 17:09:33 -0400 Received: from pproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.166.178]:9891 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964972AbWEBVJc (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 May 2006 17:09:32 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ez0oI+PeIySjrXGJBXQsArxopdyGYNJJ6j7T9w2PAHWq6pVZ/7mnMbyBmB1J5GWffsrQDJX2XxHbc0uHyOLzhkAw/UjnJOeJlfoORHLnEn4MCOju1NQf6OHmkj/nmWiSogyUeS/8gKEKPTRQibPaoS3PmdMV4S9GgFIwGbMbg84= Message-ID: <4457CA80.8010006@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 05:09:20 +0800 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060420) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Olivier Fourdan CC: linux-kernel Subject: Re: framebuffer broken in 2.6.16.x and 2.6.17-rc3 ? References: <60f2b0dc0605021251i1c883617vf132e8bdeffd6c7f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <60f2b0dc0605021251i1c883617vf132e8bdeffd6c7f@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1004 Lines: 25 Olivier Fourdan wrote: > hi all, > > Sorry if this has been already covered recently, but it seems that the > framebuffer doesn't work anymore in 2.6.16.9 and 2.6.17-rc3, while it > worked in 2.6.16 at least. > > I'm surprised noone has raised that issue yet, so I'm wondering if I'm > missing something obvious :) When using the fb in 2.6.16.x and > 2.6.17-rc3, the screen stays just black, nothing is displayed... I'm > using the regular unaccelerated vesa framebuffer. > > I'm wondering if this could related to the fb changes that occured > after 2.6.16 initial release and if other people are experiencing > issues with frame buffer recently. There should be no issues, especially with the vesa framebuffer. Can you post your dmesg and config? 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/