Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:42:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:42:06 -0500 Received: from h53n2fls32o986.telia.com ([213.67.49.53]:23813 "EHLO localhost.toothpaste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:41:56 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 01:38:42 +0200 From: Erik =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ljungstr=F6m?= To: Chris Rankin Cc: VANDROVE@vc.cvut.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Screen corruption in 2.4.18 Message-Id: <20020403013842.54a961e2.insight@metalab.unc.edu> In-Reply-To: <3CAA25E7.2060405@yahoo.com> Organization: Independent C0der X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 22:43:03 +0100 Chris Rankin wrote: > Hi, > > I have an i840 motherboard with dual 733 MHz PIIIs and a Matrox G400 > MAX, and I am also seeing console corruption with 2.4.18. The difference > with me is that I *only* see it when I am using xine (CVS) and the > SyncFB video plugin, possibly the Xv video plugin sometimes too. When I > kill xine, the regular multicoloured rectangle disappears from the console. > > Obviously, this isn't something that I would normally notice - I > wouldn't have noticed at all if the CVS xine hadn't locked up on me in > full-screen mode, forcing me to turn to a console to kill it. > > A few other things: > - since I have about 1.25 GB of RAM, I have enabled a 256 MB AGP aperture. > - I am using XFree86 4.2, but with the mga.o module that is native to > Linux 2.4.18. I have not installed the Matrox HAL X module. > > Whatever is causing this console corruption, it doesn't seem to be a VIA > bug (in my case, anyway). > > Chris > > - > 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/ I'm having the same problem, just that this happens when I've been using mplayer with the -vo vesa parameters. I also have this problem with the 2.4.17 kernel. -- -- Best regards, Erik - 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/