Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Help re Frame Buffer/Console Problems

I have just tested it and at the moment it does not. I suspect that
something needs to be registered in the 'panic_notifier_list' to do some
basic resets on the colour palette.

For the moment I will just ensure that colour 255 <> colour 0 by some
visible margin (Black/Dark Slate).

Mark.

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Antonino A. Daplas wrote:

> On Wednesday 03 November 2004 06:57, Mark Fortescue wrote:
> > Will this work for a kernel Panic ?
> >
> 
> Probably not, unless the 'Panic' tells fbcon to release the console and 
> tells promcon to take over the console again.  That in itself is problematic
> as fbcon cannot be safely unloaded yet.
> 
> Tony
> 
>