Linux 2.6.23-rc8 for OpenMoko

Jan Lübbe jluebbe at lasnet.de
Sat Sep 29 19:32:28 CEST 2007


On Sat, 2007-09-29 at 17:56 +0200, Jan Lübbe wrote:
> Right now there seems to be a problem with framebuffer and psplash:
> X wont start automatically while booting if psplash is used. If i start
> it manually via ssh, it works ok. Also disabling psplash works around
> this problem.
> There is an error message from psplash: "Error cannot switch away from
> console: Invalid argument". I've not found the cause of this bug yet.

I've fixed that problem now, it was a race while switching virtual
consoles. (See
http://svn.openmoko.org/branches/src/target/kernel/2.6.23.x/patches/fix-change_console-race.patch)

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