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    From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001.2989 to Alexey Vissarionov on Thu Sep 10 11:06:40 2020
    Hey Alexey!

    kernel-image-rz-5.8.8-zt1.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-rz-5.8.8-zt1.x86_64.rpm kernel-modules-rz-5.8.8-zt1.x86_64.rpm

    -={ '<Esc>:r !cat /proc/version' starts }=-
    Linux version 5.8.8 (root@bitskii) (gcc (GCC) 10.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.35) #1 SMP Thu Sep 10 01:22:15 UTC 2020
    -={ '<Esc>:r !cat /proc/version' ends }=-

    However it still is having troubles with the i915drmfb frame buffer device wrt Intel UHD Graphics 630 and mplayer using fbdev2 as the output device. It works perfect with pre 5.8.x kernel versions. I haven't tried it with anything else since this is the only machine I ever do multimedia stuff on at the moment. My best guess is that the kernel's framebuffer drivers still need work.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

    ... Don't cry for me I have vi.
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  • From Alexey Vissarionov@2:5020/545 to Maurice Kinal on Thu Sep 10 21:32:00 2020
    Good ${greeting_time}, Maurice!

    10 Sep 2020 11:06:40, you wrote to me:

    kernel-image-rz-5.8.8-zt1.x86_64.rpm
    kernel-headers-rz-5.8.8-zt1.x86_64.rpm
    kernel-modules-rz-5.8.8-zt1.x86_64.rpm
    Linux version 5.8.8 (root@bitskii)

    That could work for a single machine, annoys when you have 10, and appears almost impossible when you have over a hundred.

    However it still is having troubles with the i915drmfb frame buffer
    device wrt Intel UHD Graphics 630 and mplayer using fbdev2 as the
    output device. It works perfect with pre 5.8.x kernel versions. I
    haven't tried it with anything else since this is the only machine I
    ever do multimedia stuff on at the moment. My best guess is that the kernel's framebuffer drivers still need work.

    Possibly you've misconfigured it...

    % dmesg | grep i915
    [ 2.171089] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console
    [ 2.173576] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
    [ 2.205643] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20200515 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
    [ 2.481708] fbcon: i915drmfb (fb0) is primary device
    [ 3.072236] i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: i915drmfb frame buffer device

    Everything works just fine here.


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  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Alexey Vissarionov on Thu Sep 10 20:03:42 2020
    Hallo Alexey!

    That could work for a single machine,

    It works but not with mplayer ... yet.

    annoys when you have 10,

    Three at the moment but will have four going once I figure if it is just the one (skylake) that has the framebuffer issue.

    and appears almost impossible when you have over a hundred.

    Not enough plugins for that many.

    Possibly you've misconfigured it...

    I don't think so. I'll see later when I bring the fourth one back online. It has a AST2400 graphics chipset which has worked flawlessly since forever.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

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