Re: 2.6.0-test1 + matroxfb = unuusable VC

From: nick black (dank@suburbanjihad.net)
Date: Fri Jul 25 2003 - 07:20:08 EST


Michel Eyckmans (MCE) assumed the extended riemann hypothesis and showed:
> > Anyway, can you try applying matroxfb-2.5.72.gz from
> > ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/matrox-latest to your tree (you can
> > enable only matroxfb after patching, no other fbdev will work) and retry
> > tests?
>
> YES! No more ghost X image, no more white rectangles, no more sudden
> jump scrolling, and a backspace key that actually works again.

indeed, this patch also fixes all strange behavior i was seeing when
applied to 2.6.0-test1-ac3 yesterday; i haven't noticed a problem yet.
james, if you have time to pull the old behavior apart and push patches
for testing that may have been missed, i've got two cards that are fixed
by this patch.

-- 
nick black <dank@reflexsecurity.com>
"np:  nondeterministic polynomial-time
the class of dashed hopes and idle dreams." - the complexity zoo
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