From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263595AbTL2Qnn (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:43:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263606AbTL2Qnn (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:43:43 -0500 Received: from out012pub.verizon.net ([206.46.170.137]:63375 "EHLO out012.verizon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263595AbTL2Qnh (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:43:37 -0500 From: Gene Heskett Reply-To: gene.heskett@verizon.net To: Andreas Theofilu , linux-kernel Subject: Re: 2.6.0 with frame buffer problems? Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:43:34 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 References: <20031229101745.6261e254.abfall@TheosSoft.net> In-Reply-To: <20031229101745.6261e254.abfall@TheosSoft.net> Organization: Organization: None that appears to be detectable by casual observers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312291143.34500.gene.heskett@verizon.net> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out012.verizon.net from [151.205.9.137] at Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:43:35 -0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Monday 29 December 2003 04:17, Andreas Theofilu wrote: >Hi to all, > >Since kernel 2.6.0 I have a strange behavior of the screen in text > modus as well as in graphic modus. If I scroll in plain old text > modus for example within VI, some letters are misplaced and text on > the screen became more and more unreadable. A ^L, that redraws the > screen, helps and going a whole page down or up is also no problem. > >The same kind of problem occures in graphic modus. There, pixels are >misplaced what makes the screen not only ugly but sometimes also >unreadable, beside that this is really annoying. Because I > encountered this in graphic modus first, I thought it was because > of XFree86 4.3.0. But now, after searching the net and asking > people I'm almost surely that this belongs to the kernel. I tried > without frame buffer and tried different settings, but nothing > changed. > >I found out, that the problem with the graphic appeard first with > kernel 2.4.21. In the first place it was only a sometimes funny > looking cursor (mouse pointer?) that was gone after switching to > software cursor. In kernel 2.4.22 random pxiels appeared and in > 2.4.23 more random pixel appeared. In kernel 2.6.0 the problem is > now also with text modus. > >Although I'm a programer, I'm not a kernel hacker and have really no > idea where to start to look for this. Any hints where to look or > patches are welcome. > >My hardware: >Graphics card: Radeon 7000 (known as Radeon VE QY) >Motherboard : MSI KT4V >Chipset : KT400 >RAM : 512Mb >CPU : AMD 2800+ > >My .config is attached. # Graphics support # CONFIG_FB=y # CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 is not set # CONFIG_FB_IMSTT is not set # CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set CONFIG_FB_VESA=y CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y # CONFIG_FB_HGA is not set # CONFIG_FB_RIVA is not set # CONFIG_FB_MATROX is not set CONFIG_FB_RADEON=m # CONFIG_FB_ATY128 is not set # CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set # CONFIG_FB_SIS is not set # CONFIG_FB_NEOMAGIC is not set # CONFIG_FB_3DFX is not set # CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1 is not set # CONFIG_FB_TRIDENT is not set # CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set Way too many frame buffers enabled. Pick the one that works with your card and disable the vesa. You may have to say y to the usual fonts too. -- Cheers, Gene AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M 99.22% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.