On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 14:34 +0100, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: > On 2/23/07, Antonino A. Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 20:08 +0100, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: > > > No, it doesn't. I've tried all the methods from 640x480 to 1600x1200, > > > and they /all/ come up snowy. This is starting to look queerer and > > > queerer. I've also tried changing vf min and max as you suggested: > > > > Before we proceed, do you agree that the patch will allow you to change > > video modes without disabling DDC support? So this is still a valid > > fix? > > You're right, I hadn't realized that. I can now access all the sizes > from 640 to 1600, so I would say the fix is valid.
Okay, thanks. > > > When does your display become snowy? Is the snow constant or does it > > only snow when doing heavy text operations, such as scrolling? > > The snowy is constant and abundant, and it seems to be independent of > video size (640 through 1600) and screen occupation (single prompt > line to fullscreen mc session) and usage. > > > I presume that X's nv driver or vesafb does not exhibit this problem? > > X's nv gives a very clean display, /unless/ I load nvidiafb before: if > I modprobe nvidiafb (it's a module, and it's blacklisted precisely for > this reason), then the screen is very snowy with X's nv too. > Hmm..., I really don't know how to fix this except to look at Xorg's code and look for a difference. Tony - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
