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

[James S. <jsi...@tr...>]

I plan to move set_var in every driver into fbcon.c. 

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On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Jani Monoses wrote:

> The way it disappeared for me was by not calling do_set_var in trident
> init.It was called before register_frambuffer.I thought I posted to the
> list last week but it seems I only replied to Jim.
> Antonio Daplas suggested that the card should not be in graphics mode when
> registering the fb.See the list archives subject: tridentfb review some
> months ago)
> 
> 
>  > I suspect that all/most FB drivers (I think Jani works
> round it with
> > tridentfb) will show this problem. But to see it you need to be switching from
> > a VGA console to a FB console - if I remove the VGA console from my kernel
> > everything looks fine - so this problem will only practically be seen on PCs.
> > And there are not many reasons to use FB on a PC.
> 
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