Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] No console on Riva TNT since 2.6.26-0.rc4

[Krzysztof Helt]

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:51:49 +0400
Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 07:41:08PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:04:56 +0000 kelk1@xxxxxxxxxxx (Quel Qun) wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > The system boots fine with 2.6.26-0.rc3.1mnb (Mandriva Cooker), but since rc4, I see a few squares of color, then a black screen and the console never comes back. This is independent of the resolution chosen when using vga=ask. The machine does boot and I can start X if I log in blindly. Only the F1 to F6 consoles are gone.
> > > 

Please try the patch below if it helps:

--- linux-2.6.26/drivers/video/vesafb.c	2008-07-13 23:51:29.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-mm/drivers/video/vesafb.c	2008-07-19 17:56:51.774318414 +0200
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ static int __init vesafb_probe(struct pl
 	/*   size_total -- all video memory we have. Used for mtrr
 	 *                 entries, ressource allocation and bounds
 	 *                 checking. */
-	size_total = screen_info.lfb_size * 65536;
+	size_total = screen_info.lfb_linelength * screen_info.lfb_height *
+		     screen_info.pages;
 	if (vram_total)
 		size_total = vram_total * 1024 * 1024;
 	if (size_total < size_vmode)

Regards,
Krzysztof

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