Re: Independ multiple users on G550

[Svetoslav S. <sv...@gm...>]

> 
> >PS.4
> >the last commit was 14 Nov, so Aivils's tarball contains the same code as
> >cvs
> >
> >Aivils,
> >should ruby-260t9-20031115 really work OK without this patches ?
> 
> I send bunch of patches to You because i gropingly move in the dark.
> ruby-260t9-20031115 really works because include all vt.c patches!

ruby-260t9-20031115 without any patches still oopses and no fbcon is shows
oopses attached to the previous mail
and the vt.3.diff still solves the problem



> >PS.5
> >the remaining issues
> >/* most likely hardware limitations involved
> > * and XFree "bugs" too
> > */
> >
> >1.)  X->VT->X on head1 (vt7)
> >X head1 is displayed on both heads, VT switch on head2 fixes it
> >
> >2.) the mentioned XFree hack should be integrated smarter,
> >currently you need additional binary for each additional fbcon
> 
> fbcon should be cleaned at first.

you mean:
no need for intermediate hacks, let's fix fbcon and  add ioctls
and then work on final XFree solution/*  not hack */
?

> >3.) probably unsolvable/ hardware
> >the need to run swapped from matroxset tarball to
> >separate the displays
> >
> >4.) related to 3
> >after swapped, both heads are blank until a VT switch,
> >
> >and on head1 there is a lot of garbage until login + logout
> >actually the garbage is on all vc's except the first one (head 1)
> >but on all vc's usable is only 4/6 of the hight of the screen
> >the top 1/6 is ocupied by the logo, the bottom 1/6 by nothing
> >on vc1 and by garbage on vc2-vc6.
> >Everything becomes normal after a login + logout , but until logout
> >only graphics(e.g. ncurses menuconfig)  paint to the entire screen,
> >a ls, ps, whatever will use only the middle 4/6 of the screen hight
> 
> I read some times code , but do not detect bug :(
> I have /dev/vc/1 with same issues.

are vc2-vc6 perfectly ok with your setup ?
 
> 
> >there is no such problem with head2
> >/* which misses a blinking cursor, cursor is always on :-)  */
> 
> Ok. Next snapshot contains vt_struct with cursor timer.

thanks :-)
it's no a important to me bug, but everytime
i leave the screen for a minute and look again at it
i'm wondering wether the PC is still alive or it has crashed :(

svetljo

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