Re: Screenblanking problems under kernel 2.1.116

Martin Mares (mj@ucw.cz)
Thu, 27 Aug 1998 22:44:34 +0200


> First of all sorry that I've posted the first message as html message and so
> probably numerous people couldn't read it correctly, so I repost it again.
> Sorry for any inconveniences this may cause to you.
>
> There seems to be a problem with screenblanking and an ega graphics adapter
> in kernel 2.1.116. Screenblanking results in a console freeze of the machine
> (telnet connection etc... will still work). Everything worked fine with
> 2.1.101 (sorry I have used no version between 2.1.101 and 2.1.116). I hope
> that anyone could have a solution to that problem...

Please try the patch I've posted yesterday. It should fix all blanking
problems related to non-VGA cards.

Have a nice fortnight

-- 
Martin `MJ' Mares   <mj@ucw.cz>   http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth
"RAM = Rarely Adequate Memory"

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