resetting the framebuffer

zarck · n00b Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 33

Im using the vesa framebuffer (old modell)
And once in while it gets corrupted and unreadable (eg when playing some movies with mplayer in vesa mode)
Still it works so i can start stuff, eg startx... but when i quit its still messed up.

So i would like to know if theres any method to reset the framebuffer (without restarting the computer)

thebigslide · Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 11:46 am Post subject:

not without vesatng. with vesatng, you can unload and reload the module.

zarck · n00b Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 33

i dont believe that thats true though, cos if i play with mplayer after the console has been corupted the film works as supposed, but when quiting it still is corrupted in the console...

thebigslide · Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 2:09 pm Post subject:

but is mplayer using directfb or fbdev?

zarck · n00b Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 33

hmm, neighter i believe, im using -vo vesa

i used to be able to reset the frambuffer console with -vo svga, but forgott to add support for it at the last kernel upgrade... but should be possible to do without svga aswell =/

rhill · Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:46 pm Post subject:

zarck · n00b Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 33

yes, ive tried reset. but it only works when the font gets corrupted...

thebigslide · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject: