Lives In A Box wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> I've been progressing fine with DirectFB for a couple of months (have
> very few problems, all is good, the speed is great and I've even got
> Fusionsound working a treat - so well done to dok and all contributors!).
>
> I have a couple of nagging issues that remain and I believe they are
> todo with the framebuffer driver. I'm using Gentoo Linux (Kernel 2.6.15)
> and DirectFB from cvs a week or so ago. Motherboard chipset is VIA CN400.
>
> When the framebuffer first appears, its a full white screen. Is there
> someway to stop this? or change it to an all black screen? It looks very
> messy upon bootup with all the console messages writing in the middle of
> it with a black background for the text.
>
> Secondly, when I run my DFB app, sometimes I get a grey text cursor
> (solid, not blinking) in the top left in front of all graphics. If I
> manage to run it at the right time, it doesnt appear (I assume thats
> when its blinking). I have tried turning the cursor off, but to no
> avail. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
Yes, I experience the same. The problem with cursor can be quick-fixed
by issuing "setterm -cursor off >/dev/tty7" prior to running your
application.
In addition, there is also (more severe) problem - its not safe to
switch consoles, when there is running DFB application. The screen gets
messed, one can see 2x2 or 4x4 versions of DFB screen in consoles. The
console switching code is probably broken.
These errors are probably not caused by DFB, but since the viafb is now
in the CVS, it would be nice to see an upgrade for it.
Radek Svoboda
Neovision s.r.o., Prague
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.neovision.cz
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