From: julien.boibessot@free.fr (Julien Boibessot) Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:17:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH v2] i.MX51 Framebuffer support In-Reply-To: <20110106094237.GB31708@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <1292842127-21406-1-git-send-email-s.hauer@pengutronix.de> <4D246C54.9060503@free.fr> <20110106094237.GB31708@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> Message-ID: <4D301495.3050906@free.fr> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Russell King - ARM Linux a ?crit : > On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 02:04:20PM +0100, Julien Boibessot wrote: > >> The only strange thing I noticed was a kind of uggly sprite/artefact >> (32x32, I would say) appearing at the same time as the Linux console. I >> think it may be related to a hardware cursor badly (?) initialised, but >> I didn't find a fix yet. >> It disappears when I launch a graphical application (Qt or SDL). >> > > In the top left corner? That'll be the linux penguin logo, and if it's > not coming out correctly, your framebuffer driver is badly broken. > Maybe your RGB bitfield information or visual is wrong? > Sorry for my late answer... Penguin logo is OK, the artefact is just under the penguin and is looking like a blinking cursor until login message is displayed. At that time it becomes a kind of uggly rectangular black and white lines mix, overlapping logging message. I will follow Sascha's advise and try to play with i.MX51 hardware cursor. Regards, Julien