[ltp] 2.6.18 delays switch to text console

[U Kuehn]

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> I regularly switch from X to the text console (also, for hibernating).
> 2.6.18 is adding a big delay, of 5s or so, during which the screen is
> completely blank.  After the delay, the regular console text appears.
> 
> Anyone else is experiencing this?  The text console is *not* fbcon, just the
> regular text-mode vga console, and radeonfb is not loaded.
> 
I am using radeonfb and get rather immediate response (2.6.18 plus
suspend2). It gives me the additional automatic benefit of a large
console like 128x48 which I really appreciate whenever I work on the
console.

Cheers
Ulrich