Video driver bug

Takashi Oe toe at unlserve.unl.edu
Sun Oct 8 05:50:49 EST 2000


On Sat, 7 Oct 2000, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> > This problem is observable if one starts MOL from the console. MOL
> > changes the video mode on an inactive console in order to extract
> > certain video mode parameters (like rowbytes).

Is there anything wrong with using FB_ACTIVATE_TEST flag for this usage?
With the flag, you get a legal var and active fb is untouched.


Takashi Oe


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