Re: Screen corruption with matroxfb from 2.6.0-test4

In article <[email protected]>, Vasilis Vasaitis wrote:
>   If I don't start X, everything is working just fine. But once I've
> started it (XFree86 4.3.0), if I switch back to the VCs I start
> getting screen corruption. It occurs when some area of the screen is
> cleared or scrolled down, and it manifests in the form of semi-random
> pixels (they seem to originate from existing or previous characters)
> being drawn all over the screen. The problem persists even after X has
> been shut down.

There's two options, both of which I have successfully used in
2.6.0.test11:

a) Use the fbdev driver in X, using the same resolution as your
framebuffer.  Note this is driver "fbdev", not the UseFB option.

b) Grab Petr Vandrovec's patchset at
ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/matrox-latest/.  It was made against
test7, but applies cleanly to test11.  With this, you can use the
standard mga acceleration, so longas resolutions are equal.


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nick black <[email protected]>
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the class of dashed hopes and idle dreams." - the complexity zoo



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