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SubjectRe: 109pre2 video problem with X


On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Meelis Roos wrote:
> >
> > Yes, that seems to be it. Disabling console support on virtual terminal
> > makes the shift go away.
>
> The problem is that console output to the screen is not disabled when
> the console is in graphics mode (vc_mode != KD_TEXT). On a graphical
> console this doesn't matter because the kernel knows how to print text
> to it. With vgacon or vgafb things may go wrong.

FWIW, I'm having no X-related problems running an older XiGraphics
commercial X server under 2.1.109p2. However, midnight commander messes
up the VGA console big-time and log messages sprout up in the wrong row.

Steve



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