[ltp] Video corruption in console mode

Mark Beierl linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Thu, 31 Jan 2002 14:59:42 -0500


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I get the same problem on a A20m.  It appears to be X is somehow 
confusing the video card itself and it does not know how to recover. 
 I've never found a fix for this...

Regards,
Mark

Jean-Philippe Jung (Home) wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Console mode is standard text console, not graphical mode, displaying in the
>center of the screen (in a VGA size area), for what I can tell (unless
>RedHat default is set to something else, then someone prove me wrong).
>It have no hibernation / suspend cycle before I get the problem. I just
>switch consoles.
>
>Thanks,
>
>JP
>
>
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>From: "Dr. Edmund Weitz" <edi@agharta.de>
>To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
>Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 2:05 PM
>Subject: Re: [ltp] Video corruption in console mode
>
>>Which console screen resolution are you using? And does your distro
>>use any graphical gimmicks in console mode? (SuSE does.)
>>
>>Edi.
>>
>
>
>
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I get the same problem on a A20m. &nbsp;It appears to be X is somehow confusing
the video card itself and it does not know how to recover. &nbsp;I've never found
a fix for this...<br>
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Regards,<br>
Mark<br>
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Jean-Philippe Jung (Home) wrote:<br>
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  <pre wrap="">Hi,<br><br>Console mode is standard text console, not graphical mode, displaying in the<br>center of the screen (in a VGA size area), for what I can tell (unless<br>RedHat default is set to something else, then someone prove me wrong).<br>It have no hibernation / suspend cycle before I get the problem. I just<br>switch consoles.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>JP<br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Dr. Edmund Weitz" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:edi@agharta.de">&lt;edi@agharta.de&gt;</a><br>To: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com">&lt;linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com&gt;</a><br>Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 2:05 PM<br>Subject: Re: [ltp] Video corruption in console mode<br></pre>
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    <pre wrap="">Which console screen resolution are you using? And does your distro<br>use any graphical gimmicks in console mode? (SuSE does.)<br><br>Edi.<br></pre>
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