Bug#420582: atyfb: text mode console slightly broken

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 01:12:06PM +0200, mala@hinterbergen.de wrote:
> 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.

Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions?

If you're running Etch, could you try to reproduce this bug
with the 2.6.24 based kernel added in 4.0r4?
http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-2.6.24.html

Cheers,
        Moritz