RE: Frame buffer problem in 2.2.11

Jones D (djones2@glam.ac.uk)
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 08:41:10 +0100

> I have updated to Linux 2.2.11 on RedHat 6.0. Everything seems ok,
> except for the kernel frame buffer in Linux 2.2.11 kernel. Now for
> each CPU, it draws a penguin at the top of screen. However, during
> the startup, the colors used in rc scripts for "[ OK ]" and
> "[ Failed ]" are all wrong. Now, green in "[ OK ]" is grey and red
> in "[ Failed ]" is brown. The strange thing is after it goes into
> runlevel 3, the colors come back during shutdown. It seems that
> something happens from runlevel 1 to runlevel 3, which fixes the
> color in the kernel frame buffer. Any ideas?
>
> BTW, colors in penguin at the top of screen during boot seem ok.

I've noticed similar problem with the VGA16 driver.
If I run midnight commander from comamnd line, it's colours are all
grey-shades. Flipping to a different tty and then back fixes the
colours. I've not had time to dig around and find out why.

regards,

Dave.

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