Re: Color depth issues (was Re: XF4 binaries, ...)
Peter Abrahamsen wrote:
> Hmm. If I were to disable UseFBDev while console was on control, then start
> X, would I have both the console and X active at the same time (that is,
> updating the screen)? I suspect not, but it'd be nice...
Don't think so.
> > > > I found a program called con2fb which is supposed to be able to move
> > > > ttys between fbs, but it caused a kernel panic.
> > > > I think it might only be for Matrox cards; dunno.
> >
> > Peter, have you verified that matroxfb works as fb0?
>
> Nono, I thought the problem might be that I'm using it on something that
> /wasn't/ a matrox card. The same kernel will boot with console on whichever
> device macos had the menubar on, so both the drivers work individually.
I have to admit I don't fully understand what you say here, but it sounds like
you are using offb ('No Video Driver' in BootX) - is this so?
> However, the device that doesn't have the console on it doesn't get
> initiallized, or has randomness on it (you know, the stereogram-looking
> things).
Do you specify a video=...:... for the second head as well?
> I have tried booting to chaos and running X on the aty128rage. It works, but
> only the active framebuffer gets updated, and the aty display is left in a
> strange state when I switch to console - as if it got halfway to shifting to
> a lower resolution.
I guess the X server relies on the kernel to handle the display when it's
switched away, but the kernel doesn't handle it (doesn't even know about it).
Michel
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast
Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and the DRI project
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