Bug 1333 - console gets garbled when running X-windows in higher resolution
Summary: console gets garbled when running X-windows in higher resolution
Status: CLOSED CODE_FIX
Alias: None
Product: Drivers
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Console/Framebuffers (show other bugs)
Hardware: i386 Linux
: P2 high
Assignee: Antonino Daplas
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Reported: 2003-10-07 11:44 UTC by Monchi
Modified: 2005-08-15 17:37 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Kernel Version: 2.6.0-test5 - 2.6.0-test6-bk6
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2003-10-07 11:54 UTC, Monchi 		Details
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Description Monchi 2003-10-07 11:44:30 UTC 
Distribution: Slackware 9.1
Hardware Environment: Matrox Millenium II AMD Athlon 1.1 ghz 756MB ram
Software Environment: kernel console + XFree86 4.3
Problem Description: High resolution console gets garbled when X running at
higher resolution then the console

Steps to reproduce:
Compile kernel with Matroxfb and use video option 'matroxfb:vesa:0x193' when
booting.
Then start an X session, with mga driver in stead of fbdev driver, make sure the
X-session is running at a higher resolution then the console, and switch from
the X-session to the console.
Now run ls or simply clear screen.

This is all it takes for me to get garbled console results.
To go back to a normal console simple run X with the same resolution as the
console. ( maybe using the fbdev driver ).
Comment 1 Monchi 2003-10-07 11:54:43 UTC 
Created attachment 999 [details]
.config file
Comment 2 Andreas Metzler 2003-11-20 03:24:12 UTC 
I can reproduce this with 2.6.0-test9 and XFree86 4.2.1 on a G400. (Running
Debian woody with selected backports of packages from Debian unstable.)
Comment 3 Andreas Metzler 2003-12-21 10:34:36 UTC 
This patch
ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/matrox-latest/matroxfb-2.6.0.gz
fixed it for me.
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