Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 01:35:53 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> To: Philippe Regnauld <regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Screen flickering Message-ID: <199702210135.BAA04375@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 20 Feb 1997 10:49:51 %2B0100." <Mutt.19970220104951.regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk>
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> Brian Somers (brian) ecrit/writes:
> >
> > Essentially, the syscons screen "flickers" probably every couple of
> > seconds on average, and only with "vidcontrol -c destructive". From
> > what I can figure, the "while (!(inb(crtc_addr+6)&8)) ;" bit in
> > syscons.c doesn't work as expected (although removing it makes
> > things a *lot* worse)....
>
> Got the same thing, except it's when I move the mouse on
> the console. Config is:
>
> 2.2-Beta
> Acer 950C P75 / 24 Mb, 800x600 DSTN -- Chips & Tech 65545
>
> The screen flickers when I move the mouse in console mode
> (Moused).
>
> Just for the record, this machine's PCCARD only started working when
> I applied the patches for PS/2 Keyboard !!
>
> And then, moused won't work with the PS/2 mouse - only with
> serial mice.
Interesting, the laptop I'm talking about is an Acer 950 P120 / 40 Mb & TFT.
The graphics chipset is the same, and everything works..... (built-in mouse
too).
I'm not surprised about the flickering.... the same retrace code is used for
the mouse stuff. Try "vidcontrol -c destructive" for some more flicker ;)
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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