Re: [G5] Mirrored characters on the console [was Re: Problem compiling SMU driver]
> Hrm... weird... could either be some problem with userland trying to
> change the console font, or maybe some of the old problems with VGA
> console vs. fbdev ... was your build really clean ? If you backup
> your .config, do make distclean, restore .config, make oldconfig, and
> rebuild, does it fix the problem ?
I've got rid of the problem by switching CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA off. I have
kept CONFIG_FB_RIVA in, and it seems to work fine now (but I haven't
been as far as the X server configuration yet).
Francois
On Sat, 2005-04-09 at 03:00, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > The problem is probably not much to solve, since characters are
> > displayed properly in the first few seconds of the boot *until* the Tux
> > logo kicks in (the logo is then fine, but the characters are swapped).
> > Strangely enough too, the first pass of the Debian installer (the one
> > installing the base system, before the first reboot) managed to display
> > characters properly (I'm using the kernel I've compiled -- 2.6.12-r2 --
> > since the one d-i picks by default -- 2.6.8-power4 I think -- hangs
> > after the disk mount).
> >
> > Has anybody any idea of which option I could turn off in my kernel
> > config?
> >
> > Thanks for the help!
>
> Hrm... weird... could either be some problem with userland trying to
> change the console font, or maybe some of the old problems with VGA
> console vs. fbdev ... was your build really clean ? If you backup
> your .config, do make distclean, restore .config, make oldconfig, and
> rebuild, does it fix the problem ?
>
> If not, try removing VGA console support
>
> Ben.
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