Re: XFree86 4.1.0 & Framebuffer

[Michel <mi...@da...>]

On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 19:50, Giorgio Terzi wrote:=20
>=20
> i wish to submit some problems i have found with
> X and framebuffer:
>=20
> 1) It works stable with GLINT and FBDev but when
>    I try to change Virtual Terminal it trashes the
>    terminals and hangs the machine. Is near to be
>    impossible to exchange VTs as with old X 3.3.6.
>=20
> 2) When i want to shutdown the machine the only
>    way i have, when I am using X, is:
>    a) To close the X session restarting (X,G,K)DM
>       session (and in this nothing wrong).
>    b) With a external terminal ( I use ttyS2 connected
>       to another computer) become superuser and
>       kill -KILL the xdm & xfree processes and shutdown
>       from this terminal.
>=20
> Note that if I try to use the -TERM signal with XFree
> it hangs the machine and with the above kill procedure
> the main screen remains trashed so if I wish to work
> on other things i must use ttyS2.

Sounds like problems which have been reported before. Someone probably
needs to hack on pm2fb and/or the glint driver.


> 3) Sometimes when scrolled, the text becomes warbled
>    also with 1024x768 but not as 1152x864.
>    Is this a limitation of Accelerated driver ? =20

I assume this is in console? If so, it's likely a pm2fb bug.


--=20
Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast