Bug#420582: atyfb: text mode console slightly broken
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12
Severity: important
I've just upgraded to etch and encountered the following problem: When
using the console, I get strange columns from the top of my screen to the
bottom in which the character which should be displayed at that position
alternates quite quickly with the one four characters to the right. This
happens so fast that the eye can't follow properly. There are 7 of
these columns, and the first 20 or so columns from the left of the screen
display correctly. X works fine, though. However, not being able to use
the console properly is a serious limitation of the current kernel, at
least in my opinion.
The old 2.6 series kernel in sarge had no such problems (that's not to
be understood as a complaint but as an idea where to look for changes
which broke things ;).
The command line parameters I give to atyfb at boot are exactly the
same as for the 2.6 kernel in sarge:
video=atyfb:1024x768-8@60
(These are needed to make sure we switch to a video mode the laptop's
LCD screen likes - it's one of the 14" ones, not one of the 12" ones
which cause lots of problems...)
My box is a power book G3 (a Wallstreet to be exact), I'll also give you
the output of lspci -nn to make sure you know the exact chipset revision:
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Motorola MPC106 [Grackle] [1057:0002] (rev 40)
00:0d.0 Unknown class [ff00]: Apple Computer Inc. Heathrow Mac I/O [106b:0010] (rev 01)
00:10.0 Unknown class [ff00]: Apple Computer Inc. Heathrow Mac I/O [106b:0010] (rev 01)
00:11.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage LT-G 215LG [1002:4c47] (rev 80)
00:13.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1131 [104c:ac15] (rev 01)
00:13.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1131 [104c:ac15] (rev 01)
01:00.0 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 43)
01:00.1 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 43)
01:00.2 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 [1033:00e0] (rev 04)
If you need additional information or want me to test something, please
do write an e-mail.
Best regards,
Manuel
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-powerpc
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc depends on:
ii coreutils 5.97-5.3 The GNU core utilities
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.85g tools for generating an initramfs
ii mkvmlinuz 32 create a kernel to boot a PowerPC
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre4-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii yaird [linux-initramfs-tool] 0.0.12-18 Yet Another mkInitRD
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-4-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-4-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-4-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-4-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-4-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-4-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-4-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-4-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-4-powerpc: true
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-4-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-4-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-4-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-4-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-4-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-4-powerpc: false
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-4-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-4-powerpc: false
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-4-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-4-powerpc:
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