On Wed, Jan 14, 1998 at 07:06:55PM -0500, Igor Grobman wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 14, 1998 at 04:48:30PM -0500, Igor Grobman wrote: > > > > > > > - don't use SVGATextMode if X is started > > > > > > Why? works fine here. > > > > He's right. X Server looks at the Textmode to save and restore it properly, > > but only once at startup-time. It then assumes that the mode keeps the same. > > So it fails to restore it properly if you switched mode in the meantime. > > > > Try: stm 100x37; startx; change back to console; stm 80x25; change to X and > > back to console, you get a skewed screen. > > It always worked fine for me here, and it does now, but the manpage does > mention that X-server indeed only saves textmode once at startup-time. Maybe > it only works for some vidcards, or maybe the more likely reason is that I am > running the latest X-server(3.3.1-2) while bo has 3.3 which is older.
Wait a minute - I have 3.3.1-1, so it has to be the server / graphic card (I use s3 server for trio64 hercules card). Nice to hear it works for you ;) Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .