Re: dselect and 2.2.18 problem
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 02:13:53AM -0800, Renaud Dreyer wrote:
> > Hi, I'm running potato on a PowerMac 7300 with a Rage128 card. Until
> > recently, I was running kernel 2.2.15pre11, but recently decided to
> > upgrade as I got a new Keyspan USB card for my 7300, and needed to
> > compiled a kernel with USB support.
> >=20
> > So I compiled 2.2.18, with basically the same options as for my old=20
> > 2.2.15pre11, with USB thrown in. And now, a bizarre problem suddenly
> > cropped up, dselect has become totally unusable. What happens is=20
> > that whenever I get to the list of packages and start scrolling down=20
> > pages, the page rewrites itself e-x-t-r-e-m-e-l-y s-l-o-w-l-y. to the=20
> > rate of about 1 character ever 10 seconds. When I revert back to my=20
> > old kernel, dselect works fine again. I tried a precompiled 2.2.18
> > I found on the net, and I get the exact same dselect problem.
> >=20
> > Any ideas on how to solve this? I'm enclosing my .config file at the=20
> > end of this message, in case it helps. Thanks,
>
> what does fbset -v -s show? =20
Linux Frame Buffer Device Configuration Version 2.1 (23/06/1999)
(C) Copyright 1995-1999 by Geert Uytterhoeven
Opening frame buffer device `/dev/fb0'
Using current video mode from `/dev/fb0'
mode "1408x1056-86"
# D: 188.608 MHz, H: 94.683 kHz, V: 85.763 Hz
geometry 1408 1056 1408 1056 8
timings 5302 46 98 28 3 440 17
hsync high
vsync high
accel true
rgba 8/0,8/0,8/0,0/0
endmode
> try fbset -a -accel False and see if that fixes it. accel on aty128fb
> has the exact opposite effect after 2.2.15 or 2.2.16. i get that
> exact behavior if i attempt to activate -accel on my blue g3 (which
> also has the rage128)
Once again, Ethan saves the day! This worked perfectly, I now have a
fast console again.
Now time to upgrade to woody, and hope there's no major catastrophy
in the way! Thanks again to Ethan,
Renaud
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