Re: Overriding X on panic

2006-11-29 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > >> for the Intel hw Keith doesn't seem to think it's all > >that much of a > >> problem though... > > > >Including the TV out, odder LCD panels, non BIOS modes > >etc ? If so then > >it might be an interesting test case for intelfb to > >grow some kind of > >console helper interface ...

Re: Overriding X on panic

2006-11-29 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! for the Intel hw Keith doesn't seem to think it's all that much of a problem though... Including the TV out, odder LCD panels, non BIOS modes etc ? If so then it might be an interesting test case for intelfb to grow some kind of console helper interface ... I personally think

Re: Overriding X on panic

2006-11-26 Thread D. Hazelton
On Sunday 26 November 2006 17:19, Dave Airlie wrote: > On 11/27/06, Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:18:41 +0100 > > > > Arjan van de Ven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The mode switch sequences for modern cards are a bit more hairy than > > > > lists of I/O poking

Re: Overriding X on panic

2006-11-26 Thread Dave Airlie
On 11/27/06, Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:18:41 +0100 Arjan van de Ven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The mode switch sequences for modern cards are a bit more hairy than > > lists of I/O poking unfortunately. > > for the Intel hw Keith doesn't seem to think it's all

Re: Overriding X on panic

2006-11-26 Thread Alan
On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:18:41 +0100 Arjan van de Ven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The mode switch sequences for modern cards are a bit more hairy than > > lists of I/O poking unfortunately. > > for the Intel hw Keith doesn't seem to think it's all that much of a > problem though... Including

Re: Overriding X on panic

2006-11-26 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
Alan wrote: On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:54:53 -0500 Casey Dahlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Linus did say that he would do anything within reason to help desktop linux forward, and frankly a big step forward would be to get error messages to the user. What might be some safe options for overriding,

Re: Overriding X on panic

2006-11-26 Thread Arjan van de Ven
On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 16:10 +, Alan wrote: > > modesettings to use can still be in userspace, the execution of the > > series of IO's would be in the kernel, and the kernel would store > > bundles of settings, including a "rescue" one, but also for > > suspend/resume... > > The mode switch

Re: Overriding X on panic

2006-11-26 Thread Arjan van de Ven
On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 16:10 +, Alan wrote: modesettings to use can still be in userspace, the execution of the series of IO's would be in the kernel, and the kernel would store bundles of settings, including a rescue one, but also for suspend/resume... The mode switch sequences for

Re: Overriding X on panic

2006-11-26 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
Alan wrote: On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:54:53 -0500 Casey Dahlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Linus did say that he would do anything within reason to help desktop linux forward, and frankly a big step forward would be to get error messages to the user. What might be some safe options for overriding,

Re: Overriding X on panic

2006-11-26 Thread Alan
On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:18:41 +0100 Arjan van de Ven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The mode switch sequences for modern cards are a bit more hairy than lists of I/O poking unfortunately. for the Intel hw Keith doesn't seem to think it's all that much of a problem though... Including the TV

Re: Overriding X on panic

2006-11-26 Thread Dave Airlie
On 11/27/06, Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:18:41 +0100 Arjan van de Ven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The mode switch sequences for modern cards are a bit more hairy than lists of I/O poking unfortunately. for the Intel hw Keith doesn't seem to think it's all that much of

Re: Overriding X on panic

2006-11-26 Thread D. Hazelton
On Sunday 26 November 2006 17:19, Dave Airlie wrote: On 11/27/06, Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:18:41 +0100 Arjan van de Ven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The mode switch sequences for modern cards are a bit more hairy than lists of I/O poking unfortunately.

Re: Overriding X on panic

2006-11-25 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 04:10:43PM +, Alan wrote: > > modesettings to use can still be in userspace, the execution of the > > series of IO's would be in the kernel, and the kernel would store > > bundles of settings, including a "rescue" one, but also for > > suspend/resume... > > The mode

Re: Overriding X on panic

2006-11-25 Thread Matthew Garrett
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 04:10:43PM +, Alan wrote: modesettings to use can still be in userspace, the execution of the series of IO's would be in the kernel, and the kernel would store bundles of settings, including a rescue one, but also for suspend/resume... The mode switch