sprdfb_check_var() has two problems: I) it is not buffering-aware, which all Spreadtrum devices use; II) it checks values that are already in yres_virtual, not those that we are trying to overwrite. Those problems stop X11 and charging-sdl from working properly. X11 error: (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument This patch fixes first problem, however, the correct way is fixing the second one, as this might have less side effects. diff --git a/drivers/video/sprdfb/sprdfb_main.c b/drivers/video/sprdfb/sprdfb_main.c index 43876285..751616a1 100644 --- a/drivers/video/sprdfb/sprdfb_main.c +++ b/drivers/video/sprdfb/sprdfb_main.c @@ -531,7 +531,8 @@ static int sprdfb_check_var(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var, struct fb_info *fb) if ((var->xres != fb->var.xres) || (var->yres != fb->var.yres) || (var->xres_virtual != fb->var.xres_virtual) || - (var->yres_virtual != fb->var.yres_virtual) || + // (var->yres_virtual != fb->var.yres_virtual) || + (fb->var.yres_virtual % var->yres_virtual != 0) || (var->xoffset != fb->var.xoffset) || #ifndef BIT_PER_PIXEL_SURPPORT (var->bits_per_pixel != fb->var.bits_per_pixel) ||