linux-kernel - Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] radeonfb lockup in .28-rc (bisected)

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Date:	Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:49:17 +1100
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Paul Collins <paul@...ly.ondioline.org>
Cc:	linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, James Cloos <cloos@...loos.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] radeonfb lockup in .28-rc (bisected)

On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 23:28 +1300, Paul Collins wrote:
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 20:01 +1300, Paul Collins wrote:
> >> I am also experiencing this problem on a PowerBook G4 with an M10.
> >>
> >> 0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] [1002:4e50]
> >> 
> >> Here are the fonts I'm using:
> >> 
> >>         http://ondioline.org/~paul/consolefonts/
> >
> > For some reason, that font gives me "Bad font file format". 
> 
> Odd.  I'm using setfont from Debian's kbd 1.14.1-4 to load it.
> 
> P.S. I haven't had time to play with the 32-roundup thing any further yet.

Ok so I can't get it to die on my M9 (rv250) tipb here, I can try next
week on a albook with an M10 (rv350). Just to make sure I'm doing the
same as you, does it boot fine if you don't change the font and does it
lockup if, after it's fully booted, you do a setfont neepalt10x20.psf ?

Cheers,
Ben.


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