dog wrote: > > sculpsit daenzerm: > > > 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. > > nope. switching vts makes no difference. i can experiment with this more if > you like.
But are we talking about the same problem? You are in console and the X server blanks the screen? I was able to resolve that by switching to the X VT and then moving the mouse or pressing a key to unblank. > FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument > > Fatal server error: > AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 > > the "FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument" is the same message i get when > trying to use fbset to change resolution etc under offb. I see. I guess we could have it leave out the FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO for offb. I'll have a look. Michel -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and The DRI Project
