Re: [BUG] 2.6.11-rc[234] setfont fails on i810 after resume fromACPI-S3

[James Courtier-Dutton]

Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
>
> > Any thoughts on this one?  We should come back from resume in 30-row mode,
> > shouldn't we?
>
>
> Well, current state of video resume is "we are happy to see anything
> at all". 
>
>
> > HW info
> >
> > Using vga=0xf07, default8x16 font, display has 30 lines
> >
> > On powerup from S3 console has only 25 lines but still scrolls 
> > at 30 lines. Setfont historically fixes it. 
> >
> > Tested with 2.6.10, 2.6.11-rc1: OK
> >
> > Tested with 2.6.11-rc2-Vanilla and 2.6.11-rc[234]+swsusp2.
> > When using setfont, screen goes blank. Power up after S3
> > returns console in 25 lines mode with 30 lines scroll. 
> > Several attempts - same result.
>
>
> So... screen goes blank even when suspend is not involved, right?
> Sounds like a bug to me ;-).
>
>
> > Another bug I see only on this HW and only with 2.6 is that
> > when - and only when - using gentoo emerge --usepackage in
> > text console, scroll area resets to _25_ when portage 
> > "dumps" the (binary) package contents which scrolls pretty
> > fast. I was unable to reproduce this in any other way. 
> > Tried also echo loop in bash but perhaps it is too slow
> > or not random enough. Note that 2.4.2[789] no problem.
>
>
> Well, dumping random stuff to console can produce funny results. I'd
> call that normal. Try cat /dev/urandom, that should be "enough
> random".
>
> 								Pavel

I am also getting strange effects. I boot into  2.6.11-rc4 and the
console fonts looks fine. Come back a day later and the console font has
 corrupt characters. E.g. Displays a "D" instead of an "L" and stuff
like that. It is mostly readable, except for a few characters.
It is only the local console that is corrupted. ssh into the box
displays correct characters, so all I can assume is that the VGA console
is being programmed with different characters. The bad characters also
survive a soft reboot( During BIOS boot up), until the linux kernel
starts booting, and then it switches to a good font.

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