Re: [TESTED] tdfx framebuffer garbles display in 2.6.19.5

2007-03-14 Thread DervishD
Hi Antonino :) NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROBLEM * Antonino A. Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 07:25 +0100, DervishD wrote: > > > > With the patch, the scroll slows to a crawl and the system is > > > > unusable. The time to scroll 30 lines is about a min

Re: tdfx framebuffer garbles display in 2.6.19.5

2007-03-07 Thread DervishD
Hi Antonino :) * Antonino A. Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 07:25 +0100, DervishD wrote: > > > > If you want me to test other patches, just tell :) > > > > > > Can you change the mdelay to udelay and use higher/lower delay values > > > to see if there's any imp

Re: tdfx framebuffer garbles display in 2.6.19.5

2007-03-06 Thread DervishD
Hi Antonino :) * Antonino A. Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 07:25 +0100, DervishD wrote: > > * Antonino A. Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > > > On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 17:01 +0100, DervishD wrote: > > > > * Antonino A. Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > > > > >

Re: tdfx framebuffer garbles display in 2.6.19.5

2007-03-05 Thread Antonino A. Daplas
On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 07:25 +0100, DervishD wrote: > Hi Antonino :) > > * Antonino A. Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > > On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 17:01 +0100, DervishD wrote: > > > * Antonino A. Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > > > > Can you try this patch? It might help with the screen

Re: tdfx framebuffer garbles display in 2.6.19.5

2007-03-05 Thread DervishD
Hi Antonino :) * Antonino A. Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 17:01 +0100, DervishD wrote: > > * Antonino A. Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > > > Can you try this patch? It might help with the screen > > > corruption. > > > > With the patch, the scroll slows

Re: tdfx framebuffer garbles display in 2.6.19.5

2007-03-05 Thread Antonino A. Daplas
On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 17:01 +0100, DervishD wrote: > Hi Antonino :) > > * Antonino A. Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > > Can you try this patch? It might help with the screen corruption. > > With the patch, the scroll slows to a crawl and the system is > unusable. The time to scroll

Re: tdfx framebuffer garbles display in 2.6.19.5

2007-03-01 Thread DervishD
Hi Antonino :) * Antonino A. Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > Can you try this patch? It might help with the screen corruption. With the patch, the scroll slows to a crawl and the system is unusable. The time to scroll 30 lines is about a minute or so (probably more, I just measured

Re: tdfx framebuffer garbles display in 2.6.19.5

2007-02-28 Thread DervishD
Hi Antonino :) * Antonino A. Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 21:32 +0100, DervishD wrote: > > Probably setting it back to 4096 will make the problem reappear. > > Right now I cannot test, but I'll make some experiments. > > Can you try this patch? It might help

Re: tdfx framebuffer garbles display in 2.6.19.5

2007-02-27 Thread Antonino A. Daplas
On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 21:32 +0100, DervishD wrote: > Hi Antonino :) > > * Antonino A. Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > > On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 18:13 +0100, DervishD wrote: > > That's why tdfxb limits the vyres to a maximum of 4096. As to why the > > problem disappeared just by changing thi

Re: tdfx framebuffer garbles display in 2.6.19.5

2007-02-26 Thread DervishD
Hi Antonino :) * Antonino A. Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 18:13 +0100, DervishD wrote: > > > Try fbset -a -vyres 600 first and let us know of the result. > > > > After doing this, I no longer can garble the display (before, just a > > "ls -lR /" was enough to do

Re: tdfx framebuffer garbles display in 2.6.19.5

2007-02-26 Thread DervishD
Hi James :) * James Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > > From time to time, the tdfxfb driver from 2.6.19.5 (sorry, I cannot > > test in 2.6.20.x because it doesn't compile, the infamous BDF negative > > offset problem) garbles the display, leaving only a lot of thin lines, > > just lik

Re: tdfx framebuffer garbles display in 2.6.19.5

2007-02-26 Thread Antonino A. Daplas
On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 18:13 +0100, DervishD wrote: > Hi Antonino :) > > * Antonino A. Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > > On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 15:47 +0100, DervishD wrote: > > > From time to time, the tdfxfb driver from 2.6.19.5 (sorry, I cannot > > > test in 2.6.20.x because it doesn'

Re: tdfx framebuffer garbles display in 2.6.19.5

2007-02-26 Thread DervishD
Hi Antonino :) * Antonino A. Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 15:47 +0100, DervishD wrote: > > From time to time, the tdfxfb driver from 2.6.19.5 (sorry, I cannot > > test in 2.6.20.x because it doesn't compile, the infamous BDF negative > > offset problem) garble

Re: tdfx framebuffer garbles display in 2.6.19.5

2007-02-26 Thread James Simmons
> Hi all :) > > From time to time, the tdfxfb driver from 2.6.19.5 (sorry, I cannot > test in 2.6.20.x because it doesn't compile, the infamous BDF negative > offset problem) garbles the display, leaving only a lot of thin lines, > just like sync was lost. The display can be repaired by s

Re: tdfx framebuffer garbles display in 2.6.19.5

2007-02-26 Thread Antonino A. Daplas
On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 15:47 +0100, DervishD wrote: > Hi all :) > > From time to time, the tdfxfb driver from 2.6.19.5 (sorry, I cannot > test in 2.6.20.x because it doesn't compile, the infamous BDF negative > offset problem) garbles the display, leaving only a lot of thin lines, > just li

tdfx framebuffer garbles display in 2.6.19.5

2007-02-26 Thread DervishD
Hi all :) From time to time, the tdfxfb driver from 2.6.19.5 (sorry, I cannot test in 2.6.20.x because it doesn't compile, the infamous BDF negative offset problem) garbles the display, leaving only a lot of thin lines, just like sync was lost. The display can be repaired by switching to a