[Voyage-linux] Local console graphic failure

Fri Nov 4 07:36:42 HKT 2011

it's almost umbelivable, but it's in front of my eyes :-)
> as i formerly wrote , i tried daily build 20110916 , and reported no
> changed behaviour, in my local console graphic crash..
>
> yesterday i discovered the official 0.8 release :-)
> so i plugged keyb mice and monitor to my htpc , for the last disk cloning
> before new release,
> forgot to enter the bios, Voyage started and...HEY, IT WORKS ! O_o
>
> local console is no more crashing!
> it ever stays into a real 80x25 text environment, never switch to
> simil-char graphic console, and i don't have /dev/fb0 anymore...
>
> i don't exactly know what i did (except that all my attempts were reported
> here) i presume the attempt to install ATI driver, which crashed early for
> lack of an X server...
>
> i will check with a fresh official 0.8 release :-)
>
>
> 2011/9/16 Kim-man 'Punky' TSE <punkytse at punknix.com>
>
>> Hi Marco,
>>
>> I would recommend you to try out the daily MPD to see if the problem is
>> resolved.  If not, I will try if there are further work to do for this
>> before 0.8.0 is released.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Punky
>>
>>
>> On 9/16/2011 12:32 AM, mad qwerty wrote:
>>
>>> Hi list, it's my first post here..
>>> 1st of all, HUGE Thanks to Punky-tse and all contributors for this GREAT
>>> project :-)
>>>
>>> i'm very rookie with Linux in general, so i anticipate my excuses,
>>> try to be more simple as possible, when helping me (thanks in advance)
>>>
>>> I'm using Voyage MPD 0.7.5 onto an AMD E-350 platform (exactly this :
>>> http://www.asus.com/**Motherboards/AMD_CPU_on_Board/**E35M1I_DELUXE/<http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_CPU_on_Board/E35M1I_DELUXE/>)
>>> and had some tests on different notebooks, and VMware.
>>>
>>> It seems that Voyage starts booting with a real 80x25-char text console,
>>> then, at a certain time, it changes the screen output into a graphic
>>> "simil-text" console (i read somewhere the correct name of this
>>> "simil-text" but i can't remember now)
>>> you can clearly see monitor going off for a while, then come back with a
>>> graphic "simil-text" behaviour, with more line & rows char width and length.
>>>
>>> This operation goes OK on older notebooks,
>>> but into an almost-modern HP EliteBook 6930p, and into my reference
>>> platform (AMD E350) this operation leads to a graphic failure,
>>> screen filled of random pixels, and there's no way to get local console
>>> resetting or working,
>>> i can't switch tty virtual consoles, nor "clear" or "clear_console"
>>> commands reset this crash.
>>>
>>> SSH sessions via IP connection are available, as Voyage continues to
>>> boot without worries.
>>>
>>> i searched info by googling the web :
>>> - similar problem here : http://translate.google.com/**
>>> translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=n&**prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=**
>>> 2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%**2Fslashdot.jp%2F~tt%2Fjournal%**2F531820&act=url<http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.jp%2F%7Ett%2Fjournal%2F531820&act=url><
>>> http://translate.google.com/**translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=n&**
>>> prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=**2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%**
>>> 2Fslashdot.jp%2F%7Ett%**2Fjournal%2F531820&act=url<http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.jp%2F%7Ett%2Fjournal%2F531820&act=url>>
>>> but no solution provided (if i well understood the translation)
>>> - AMD driver doesn't install because it needs an X server (
>>> http://forums.amd.com/forum/**messageview.cfm?catid=390&**
>>> threadid=145785<http://forums.amd.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=390&threadid=145785><
>>> http://forums.amd.com/forum/**messageview.cfm?catid=390&**
>>> threadid=145785<http://forums.amd.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=390&threadid=145785>>
>>> )
>>>
>>> - i tried installing "fbset" , and i was able to change /dev/fb0 width
>>> and height on working hardware, but no change or variations in not-working
>>> hardware
>>> - i tried vga=nnn parameter onto kernel row on /boot/grub/menu.lst, but
>>> it changes the behaviour only for the period from startup to the crash
>>> (change to "simil-text" console will always perform)
>>>
>>> can someone help me,
>>> is there a way to avoid this "simil-tex" switch, and remain into a real
>>> 80x25 text console,
>>> or where i can control and set this graphic "simil-text" behaviour ?
>>>
>>> another curious thing :
>>> if i take an image of the Voyage disk running with AMD E350, and
>>> restoring it into a virtual environment, the switch from real 80x25 text
>>> console to "simil-text" graphic console doesn't happen,
>>> and the virtual voyage doesn't have /dev/fb0 framebuffer! of course,
>>> also fbset won't work..
>>> it seems like VMware tells Voyage about a very basic video hardware, and
>>> Voyage responds with a very basic-default video driver, with no framebuffer
>>> support (and no graphic crash also)
>>>
>>> Can be a possibility to replicate / impose this use of a very
>>> basic-common video driver,
>>> also into my real E350 environment ?
>>>
>>> Strong thanks in advance to all of you,
>>> best regards,
>>> Marco
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Kim-man "Punky" Tse
>>
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