Re: [Linux-fbdev-users] fbset doesn't change resolution for all consoles

[Antonino A. D. <ad...@ho...>]

On Friday 29 April 2005 06:28, James Simmons wrote:
> > > This was done because sometimes the user entered a bad mode which the
> > > driver could not handle. As a result all the VCs went blank and became
> > > useless. The only fix was to reboot the box.
> >
> > One of the reasons why /dev/fb should be root-access only.
> >
> > Anyway, if that happens, one can always blindly type fbset commands that
> > can restore the fb console. And if incorrectly using fbset renders the
> > console permanently useless that the only fix is to reboot the box, then
> > it doesn't really matter if one uses fbset with or without the  '--all'
> > argument.
>
> Also the other issue is what if the user only changes the color depth and
> the VCs are at different resolution. Some resolutions can handle the new
> depth but others can't. How do we handle this?

The way fbset -a works is that all vc's will have the var of the current display.

Tony