Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] clipping

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

> > > What happens if you resize the VT to such a large size that columns*fontwidth >
> > > xres_virtual or rows*fontheight > yres_virtual? I guess clipping prevents a
> > > crash there?
> > 
> > Correct. Actually fbcon_resize checks to make sure the user doesn't do 
> > something stupid like this. So we might not needed. Hm.
> 
> And what if you use fbset to reduce the resolution below what's needed to
> accomodate the current console size?

I haven't fixed that issue yet. One the last close of /dev/fb the tty 
should be set back to its original state before /dev/fb was first open.