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    SubjectRE: [BUG] 2.4.0-test4 and console

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    > That patch is 100% correct. That patches fixed palette setting problems.
    > On most video hardware how the palette is set depends on the video
    > mode. Thus you have to set the palette after the video mode is set. The
    > video mode can be altered in con_switch. Please if anyone has problems let
    > me know what hardware is doing this and what you are running. It is a
    > correct patch but it could be that XFree86 either takes advantage of the
    > kernel bug or XFree86 doesn't reset the hardware back to the correct state
    > after switching to the console. Which happens alot :-(.
    >
    > James Simmons (o_

    I've got a Diamond Viper v770, both nVidia's poorly written drivers
    (0.9-4.1) and the stock drivers with XFree86 4.0.1 cause console palette
    corruption.

    --
    Zinx Verituse <zinx@linuxfreak.com>
    gpg (id 921B1558) (fp 5746 73A1 2184 A27A 9EC0 EDCC E132 BCEF 921B 1558)
    James A Simmons wrote:



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