Jeff Garzik wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Checkin 464bdd33e9baad9806c7adbd8dfc37081a55f27e "fbdev: ignore VESA
>> modes if framebuffer is disabled" is just plain wrong on any system
>> which has support for extended text modes in its VESA BIOS.
>>
>> Antonio is incorrectly assuming this branchout is used only to set VESA
>> graphics modes, but it's to set any VESA mode, be it text or graphics.
>
> I wonder if this fbdev update is what causes my X session to die?
>
> I'm using the VESA driver on my ATI R580, and just filed this bug report
> minutes ago: http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/8/667
>
Perhaps, but not due to this partiular patch. :)
-hpa
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