Index: allegro-4.4.2/src/linux/fbcon.c
===================================================================
--- allegro-4.4.2.orig/src/linux/fbcon.c	2011-06-01 18:29:11.000000000 +0200
+++ allegro-4.4.2/src/linux/fbcon.c	2011-06-02 11:04:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
  *      See readme.txt for copyright information.
  */
 
+/* #define DEBUGMODE */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #include "allegro.h"
 #include "allegro/internal/aintern.h"
@@ -263,6 +267,7 @@
 	 case -1:
 	    /* let's see if we can get the actual screen mode */
 	    /* shouldn't we be keeping the previous color depth setting? */
+	    TRACE(PREFIX_I "...orig bpp %i...\n", (int)orig_mode.bits_per_pixel);
 	    switch (orig_mode.bits_per_pixel) {
 	       case 8:
 	       case 16:
@@ -360,9 +365,21 @@
 	 continue;
 
       /* try to set the mode */
+      TRACE(PREFIX_I "...trying w %i h %i vw %i vh %i bpp %i...\n", 
+	    (int)my_mode.xres, (int)my_mode.yres, 
+	    (int)my_mode.xres_virtual, (int)my_mode.yres_virtual,
+	    my_mode.bits_per_pixel);
       if (ioctl(fbfd, FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO, &my_mode) == 0) {
+         TRACE(PREFIX_I "...ioctl ok w %i h %i vw %i vh %i bpp %i...\n", 
+	    (int)my_mode.xres, (int)my_mode.yres, 
+	    (int)my_mode.xres_virtual, (int)my_mode.yres_virtual,
+	    my_mode.bits_per_pixel);
 	 if (my_mode.bits_per_pixel == (unsigned)color_depth)
 	    goto got_a_nice_mode;
+      } 
+      else
+      {
+         TRACE(PREFIX_I "...ioctl said %i %s\n", errno, strerror(errno));
       }
    }
 
@@ -377,6 +394,9 @@
    close(fbfd);
    ustrzcpy(allegro_error, ALLEGRO_ERROR_SIZE, get_config_text("Framebuffer resolution not available"));
    TRACE(PREFIX_E "Resolution %dx%d not available...\n", w, h);
+   /* bugfix: if we don't reset fb_mode_read than the next call to
+      set_gfx_mode() is going to fail with "bad file descriptor" */
+   fb_mode_read = FALSE;
    return NULL;
 
    got_a_nice_mode: