From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Winischhofer Subject: Re: Some questions Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 23:27:37 +0100 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <3E6E62D9.40603@winischhofer.net> References: <1047407816.1013.182.camel@localhost.localdomain> <3E6E4D9A.7060003@winischhofer.net> <1047419056.1100.26.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from static213-229-38-018.adsl.inode.at ([213.229.38.18] helo=home.winischhofer.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 18ssD5-0002CC-00 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:27:00 -0800 Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Antonino Daplas Cc: James Simmons , Geert Uytterhoeven , Linux Fbdev development list Antonino Daplas wrote: > Unfortunately, this is what we are trying to prevent. X assumes that > the console is in text mode, so only registers that affect text mode are > restored. Frequently, cursor registers and bitmaps, as an example, are > not refreshed. There's probably more, ie accel engine, etc. Argh.. of course, cursor and accelerator registers are usually not restored, you're right at this. But the drivers usually leave the engine in the same state as when started. (A "restore" of accelerator engine registers is mostly impossible, because a complete restore would cause the last command to be executed again) Thomas -- Thomas Winischhofer Vienna/Austria mailto:thomas@winischhofer.net *** http://www.winischhofer.net ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and the chance of winning an Apple iPod: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en