Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965224AbWEZAoJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2006 20:44:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965225AbWEZAoJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2006 20:44:09 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.179]:54215 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965223AbWEZAoI (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2006 20:44:08 -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=SjLwoD+Wbp+3P65taOCABj8uoWG+hsFvL2KaTdaZQLmKMET3qzKa2MIxWGSLNhxTt0MYBCGJHSCpKrvgscpvNHHaeagvjwcxfCAGK8HtY1I8j0qEVr/GVvUUEQK08Ysc+wwXsZ97KHBfaUlzz5EXfq8ZZy3QwF2HIxSOFh/EIic= Message-ID: <44764F4F.5000102@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 08:43:59 +0800 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060420) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: nick@linicks.net CC: Antonio , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: : unclean backward scrolling References: <5486cca80605210638l2906112fv515df1bc390cff24@mail.gmail.com> <7c3341450605211155i3674a27bob6213b449e2d1a3a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7c3341450605211155i3674a27bob6213b449e2d1a3a@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: 2503 Lines: 81 Nick Warne wrote: > Hmmmph. > > I get this problem, and always have, but I always put it down to my system. > > I run Slackware 10, and this has always happened to me from 2.6.2 > upwards on CRT 1024x768 and later TFT 1280x1024 dvi. > > I use[d] in lilo: > > # VESA framebuffer console @ 1280x1024x?k > vga=794 > # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k > #vga=791 > > So you are not alone. > > Nick > > On 21/05/06, Antonio wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm using the radeonfb driver with a radeon 7000 with the frambuffer >> at 1280x1024 on a i386 system, with a 2.6.16.17 kernel. At boot time, >> if I stop the messages with CTRL+s and try look the previous messages >> with CTRL+PagUp (backward scrolling) the screen become unreadable. In >> fact some lengthier lines are not erased scrolling backward and some >> random characters a overwritten instead. So it's very difficult to >> read the messages. >> >> I don't have such problem with the frambuffer at 1024x768. >> >> All the previous kernels I've tried have this problem (at least up to >> 2.6.15). >> >> If someone can look at this issue I can provide further information. >> >> Many Thanks. >> >> Cheers, >> Can you try this patch and let me know if this fixes the problem? Tony PATCH: Fix scrollback with logo issue immediately after boot. From: David Hollister After the system boots with the logo, if the first action is a scrollback, the screen may become garbled. This patch ensures that the softback_curr value is updated along with softback_in following the scrollback. Signed-off-by: David Hollister Signed-off-by: Jordan Crouse --- drivers/video/console/fbcon.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c index ca02071..953eb8c 100644 --- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c +++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c @@ -2631,7 +2631,7 @@ static int fbcon_scrolldelta(struct vc_d scr_memcpyw((u16 *) q, (u16 *) p, vc->vc_size_row); } - softback_in = p; + softback_in = softback_curr = p; update_region(vc, vc->vc_origin, logo_lines * vc->vc_cols); } - 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/