Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 8 Nov 2000 18:58:23 +0100 (CET) | From | Richard Guenther <> | Subject | Re: Broken colors on console with 2.4.0-textXX |
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On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, James Simmons wrote:
> > > Okay - so its the console subsystem that gets it wrong? Remember > > that 2.2.X gets it right - with the same X server. I really > > would like to have this fixed in 2.4 - can I do something to > > help fixing this? (I'm not familiar with the console subsystem, > > neither with the X server) > > It is the way it is done that is wrong. At present the X server is in > total control of setting the console system back to text mode. This > works under normal conditions but when the system is stressed or X > fails you are stuck. The console system should be setting the video > hardware back to vga text mode instead of the X server. I have been > working on a patch that does that.
Sure - but this was always the case. And using 2.2 with the same (or more) stress the Xserver is still able to set the video hardware back to vga text mode. I just want to know whats the difference between 2.2 and 2.4 that causes failure in 2.4.
Richard.
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