Framebuffer problems after exiting XFree / KDE

hitman200ca · Last edited by hitman200ca on Sat Jan 17, 2004 6:01 am; edited 1 time in total

When using framebuffer mode (vga=788 in grub) and after exiting
Xfree the framebuffer mode seems to be changed. Each character is
huge and slightly distorted.

When using consolefont mode everything works fine.
A consolefont restart does not fix the problem. Is there a place in
the X / KDE configuration where the framebuffer mode after exiting
is set?

Everything worked before I upgraded to KDE 3.1.4 so I image the problem
is in a configuration file somewhere.

Anybody else delt with this issue ?

:o)
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Angrybob · Guru Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Posts: 575

are you using the plain vesa driver or the specialised nvidia framebuffer driver?

hitman200ca · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2004 3:34 pm Post subject:

I'm not sure. I just recompiled the new 2.4.22-gentoo-r5 kernel
with the Oops fix patch however this problems been around
a while before that.

Where can I check which framebuffer I am using?

What is required to be compiled into the kernel for it to work?
(It works perfectly on bootup just screwed up after exiting X)

Thanks :o)
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Angrybob · Guru Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Posts: 575

run this:-

Angrybob · Guru Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Posts: 575

or you could run

hitman200ca · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2004 7:18 pm Post subject:

Here are the replys to the two commands that were described above.

Angrybob · Guru Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Posts: 575

well you are using the vesa framebuffer driver so thats ok, sometimes the nvidia framebuffer driver conflicts with the nvidia Xfree driver.... not sure whats wrong then, are you doing anything strange like tv output or dual monitor ?

hitman200ca · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2004 9:34 pm Post subject:

Nope nothing strange.

The problem started when I updated KDE to version 3.1.4

I merged in the etc files with etc-update overwritting some
old stuff and when I reboot next (a while later) the framebuffer
mode was screwed up.

Where are the KDE config files located?
Which ones might deal with video stuff ?

Thanks :o)
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Angrybob · Guru Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Posts: 575

/usr/kde I think, but they shouldnt do anything like that... maybe you messed up your /etc/X11/XF86Config file..... dunno

hitman200ca · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 5:59 am Post subject:

I checked the output of fbset before and after using X and the
output is the same so it seems that its not the mode that
has changed but some other aspect of the framebuffer
(font?)

Anybody know more about the framebuffer ?
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