Re: Frame Buffer and S3 ViRGE/DX

Martin Mares (mj@ucw.cz)
Fri, 14 Aug 1998 23:44:27 +0200


Hello,

> 3. For whichever reason the keyboard setup code for polish programmers
> fails. For example Alt-l doesn't give me anylonger l/ (l-stroke) but
> instead the turkish t, (t-ogonek)! Supposedly this is a damn unicode
> result.

It's already fixed in VGER CVS, I'll send next console patch to Linus
in several days. With 2.1.115, you can circumvent the problem by reloading
the unicode map _after_ all consoles get initialized (i.e., not in
startup scripts).

> 4. startx results in a black screen of death. No console switching. So
> Ctrl-Alt-Backspace rescue. No blind command input. However
> Ctrl-Alt-Delete still seems to work.
>
> Oh and yes I was attempting to use the X86_SVGA server with this setup...
>
> What to do about it?

The answer is simple: Use the FBDev X server instead. :)

Have a nice fortnight

-- 
Martin `MJ' Mares   <mj@ucw.cz>   http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
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