Hello, Perhaps the parisc-linux mailing list would be a better place for this, but I'm not a kernel hacker and thus do not subscribe...
Since 2.6.5 the framebuffer on my 712 no longer works correctly, if I enable any of the Tux Penguin logos in my kernel. In fact, among 2.6 kernels, 2.6.4 was the only time it worked properly. I'll describe what I saw in both cases: 1) 2.6.4 The PA-RISC Tux appears. Everything within the lines it occupies is a clean pitch black. Bootup messages start right below the penguin and scroll down from that point on. The penguin remains unaffected for as long as nothing affects framebuffer operation (until I run "fonty" to put ISO-8859-1 fonts on console). 2) all 2.6.x since 2.6.5 The PA-RISC Tux appears. Everything within the lines it occupies is a clean pitch black. Bootup messages start on the last line of the penguin, overlaping its legs. Messages up to "Gecko-style soft power switch enabled." scroll on below. Messages following that appear on the feet of the penguin again and are all printed there, without scrolling down. Once the "INIT: version 2.86" message appears at that location, things magically resume a few lines below the powerswitch kernel message, starting with the "Setting disc parameters: done." message and scroll down, eventually making the penguin scroll off-screen. -- Martin-�ric Racine, ICT Consultant http://www.iki.fi/q-funk/
