Re: sisfb: two more little problems

[Torrey Hoffman <thoffman@arnor.net>]

On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 16:22, James Simmons wrote:
> > Besides the problems with mode switching with fbcon, I have two other
> > problems with sisfb:
> > 
> > 1. My gpm mouse cursor on the framebuffer console is a cyan rectangle
> > with a bright orange "G" in it.  Actually the G has a "^" accent over
> > it.  That's just when it's over a blank spot.  When I move it over other
> > characters, the character in the pointer changes.  However, it does work
> > for selecting text.
> 
> Try my latest patch. It should fix this. 
> 

Well, not quite.  The problem is still there.  I have checked it a
little more closely though, and noticed that it isn't always there. 
Some virtual consoles have the problem and some don't.  It seems like
before I log in on a console, there's no problem.  And sometimes even
after logging in it is OK, but usually after I log in the green and
orange framebuffer mousepointer starts.

This is Red Hat 8.0, by the way.  I think it does something to the
console when I log in, the screen usually blanks for a second after I
enter the login password and before the bash prompt appears.

> > video=sisfb:1024x768-24@75
> > 
> > and neither one works.  What is the expected command line?
> 
> It is video=sisfb:...
> 
> Hm. It should work. 

I found the sisfb web page and it is:
video=sisfb:mode:1024x768x24

and that works, but only at 60 HZ.  I haven't tried putting a "@75" on
the end yet...

Thanks again!

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Torrey Hoffman <thoffman@arnor.net>