Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jul 1997 15:46:06 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: Feature for sysrq. |
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Myrdraal (myrdraal@jackalz.dyn.ml.org) writes:
> I was just thinking, it would be very nice if there was a function > in in the magic SysRq that would reset the videomode to plain 80x25 > in case it gets trashed by some program (like an X server, or > svgalib program) At the moment, if anyone wonders, there IS a way > to reset the videomode... Run dosemu with -A and no floppy, when > it resets the screen, kill it with alt-sysrq-A, and you have your > 80x25 textmode back. Works for me.
Let us know what that nice video card is. When an SVGAlib program (or the X server) crashes here, my Cirrus video card locks up so hard that not even a warm reboot with the reset button will fix it. I can even blind boot NT and let the drivers switch from wiggly red and blue boxes to pure black. Only the power switch fixes it.
The _only_ solution is kernel video. X is easy to crash, which makes an easy denial of service attack. This isn't the HURD you know. See http://synergy.caltech.edu/~ggi/ for such a fix.
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