Re: Framebuffer question.
Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Mon, 28 Jun 1999 23:05:34 +0200 (CEST)
On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Modemch wrote:
> > There are a few problems with the matrox framebuffer, one of them was
> > mentioned on the list - it locks up the machine if you try to scroll up
> > (shift-pageup) while something is scrolling down. I've noticed a few more,
> > like garbled characters, and screen going blank if you switch to a console
> > running less, and press the up arrow. I thought I could try to fix these,
> > but ran into a problem right away. It is possible to compile the
> > framebuffer as a module, but I have no clue how it can be removed after
> > it's inserted - naturally, rmmod doesn't work as the module is being used
> > by all the consoles. Is there a way to actually remove or reload it, and
> > if not, what's the point of having a framebuffer driver as a module?
>
> It is currently impossible to unload a framebuffer modules AFAIK.
It's not impossible. If no VCs are mapped to a frame buffer device, you can
unload it. Works fine with vga16fb on my CHRP box :-)
Greetings,
Geert
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Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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