Hello! In my case the Pismo restartet without shutdown. I think there was a kernel panic, because of a bug ...
cu, mfl On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 04:46:47PM +0100, Michel D�nzer wrote: > dog wrote: > > > additionally, i find that when the display blanks (using the fbdev driver, > > of course) i lose the console totally and can't regain it by any means other > > than rebooting the machine. > > Do you mean the bug that it blanks the screen even when you're in console? You > should be able to get the display back by switching back to X and having it > unblank. > > > > one thing i don't understand is why, when the fbdev driver uses the > > "default" mode, it *still* queries the framebuffer and then sets it > > explicitly. if it just reused the existing settings, for instance, i could > > use offb (which is readonly and doesn't support being set explicitly) to run > > x. > > It has to query the framebuffer device to fake an XFree86 mode which is then > used like a user- or pre-defined mode (thus the mode setting). > > It should work with offb though, all it really needs there is the resolution > and depth/bpp which even offb should report correctly. Or doesn't offb just > ignore mode settings? > > > Michel > > > -- > Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast > Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and The DRI Project > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Michael Flaig ... PROLinux
