[Voyage-linux] Local console graphic failure

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

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/ )
> 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> 
> 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> )
> - 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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Kim-man "Punky" Tse

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