Re: [PATCH] vgacon: Workaround for resize bug in some chipsets

[Jason Dravet]

> From: Bodo Eggert <harvested.in.lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: 7eggert@xxxxxx
> To: Jason Dravet <dravet@xxxxxxxxxxx>, adaplas@xxxxxxxxx, 
> samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx, torvalds@xxxxxxxx, akpm@xxxxxxxx, 
> davej@xxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] vgacon: Workaround for resize bug in some chipsets
> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:24:02 +0100
>
> Jason Dravet <dravet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > When I run stty rows 20 I get a screen of 80x20.  I can see the top 10 
> rows
> > and the bottom 10 rows are invisible.
>
> I asume your VGA indicates that it'll divide it's scanline counter by 2.
> Please add a printk("vgacon: mode=%2.2x\n", mode) before line 512 and 
> report
> the value. A real fix will depend on this value. In the meantime, removing
> the lines 512 and 513 from the original file should be a temporary fix.
>
> --
> Ich danke GMX dafür, die Verwendung meiner Adressen mittels per SPF
> verbreiteten Lügen zu sabotieren.

Here is the result from the printk you requested:
vgacon: mode=a3

I commented out lines 512 and 513 and the problem remains.

Thanks,
Jason


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