Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] FB console clears with large white area at startup

[Jani M. <ja...@iv...>]

I had this problem with the trident driver and the problem went away if
I did not set_var() before register_framebuffer.This was suggested by
Antonio Daplas on this list .So I think the video mode should not be set
until the fb is registered.

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> The size of the white area is the size of the VGA screen, both considered in
> terms of character positions. So with regular VGA it is 80x25. I tend to use
> 80x50 VGA, hence 'most' of the screen, my fb console size being 144x56.