Bug#389433: Probable fix for fbdev shadow framebuffer issues
On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 21:15 +0000, Robert de Bath wrote:
>
> I still need to add the -fbbpp 32 option (or it's xorg.conf equiv).
>
> Without the option (and no rotation) the screen is now the full height
> but 'squished' into the left three quarters of the display (with nasty
> colours). I would say it's got a correct bytes per line but is encoding
> the pixels as 24bit not 32.
That's bug #338241. I'm pondering changing the fbdev driver to default
to 32bpp though.
> One other oddity is that it seems to be saying that the 640x480 mode
> is acceptable; but AFAIK the kernel vesa fbdev driver cannot change
> the video mode on the fly so only the 800x600x32 mode that the fb is
> currently set to on boot is actualy used ...
I noticed that, but it's more likely a bug in vesafb. As the log
indicates, the fbdev driver actually queries the framebuffer device on
the usability of each mode.
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