From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265442AbUAFXGJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Jan 2004 18:06:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265443AbUAFXGJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Jan 2004 18:06:09 -0500 Received: from phoenix.infradead.org ([213.86.99.234]:14865 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265442AbUAFXGG (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Jan 2004 18:06:06 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 23:06:04 +0000 (GMT) From: James Simmons To: S Ait-Kassi cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [update] Vesafb problem since 2.5.51 In-Reply-To: <200401061440.55724.sait-kassi@zonnet.nl> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Please try my latest patch. I tested midnight commander on my system and > > my system is okay. This is using the vesa framebuffer. > > > > http://phoenix.infradead.org/~jsimmons/fbdev.diff.gz > > Just tried the patch with the 2.6.0 kernel and it didn't help. As a bonus > "feature" the cursor also makes the character it is underlining blink. The cursor is busted but I think the latest patch from Pavel might fix it. > I assume that something broke in 2.5.51 on some cards (maybe while making > fb-con modular?). Three of the four people who stated they had this problem > had a ATI card (two had a Radeon 7500 and I have a Radeon 9500 and one didn't > include the videocard). :( What is your config?