[Bug 539020] Re: Lucid Beta 1 installation CD gives blank screen and freezes

Tue Apr 6 03:39:49 UTC 2010

Just a word from the viafb maintainer:
This sounds like a known problem, fixed by
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=97922b5462fa543484831d42ab0fe4562b9373fc
(or alternatively by disabling hardware acceleration in viafb via the module parameter viafb_accel=0)
some other (less critical) hardware acceleration issues are
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=8a3a95c32f612068be8dae74fa5fc4cf2db1592e
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=0b94190e1e60f96962b82d35729d7d44cf298ef8

Sorry for the trouble but viafb is currently undergoing heavy changes
and as only a few people test -mm (resulting in only a very limited
variety of VIA boards getting tested) and the datasheets are not as good
as they could be these issues can't be avoided at the moment.

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Lucid Beta 1 installation CD gives blank screen and freezes
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/539020
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