Re: sisfb: two more little problems

From: James Simmons (jsimmons@infradead.org)
Date: Wed Mar 26 2003 - 19:22:19 EST


> Besides the problems with mode switching with fbcon, I have two other
> problems with sisfb:
>
> 1. My gpm mouse cursor on the framebuffer console is a cyan rectangle
> with a bright orange "G" in it. Actually the G has a "^" accent over
> it. That's just when it's over a blank spot. When I move it over other
> characters, the character in the pointer changes. However, it does work
> for selecting text.

Try my latest patch. It should fix this.

http://phoenix.infradead.org/~jsimmons/fbdev.diff.gz

Let me know how it works out for you.
 
> 2. I can't seem to set the default video mode from the kernel command
> line. I have tried:
>
> video=sis:1024x768-24@75
> video=sisfb:1024x768-24@75
>
> and neither one works. What is the expected command line?

It is video=sisfb:...

Hm. It should work.

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