On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Raymond Jennings wrote:
> That's funny, I had the same problem, only I have a Diamond Stealth II S220
> and use the generic SVGA server. Whenever I switch to text mode and
> ESPECIALLY if I had a virtual resolution, it seems as if the video card
> isn't beginning the text scans at the right place, it's as if someone
> "scrolled" the text display over to the right by a character, and this is
> confusing because the cursor is correctly placed. If I type a few
> characters the text mode display jumps back to where it should have been in
> the first place.
>
> Whatever code is responsible for restoring text mode is messing up big time.
> Is this the kernel, or does the X server handle switches back to text
> mode?
>
> Similar problems on different architectures suggest that this fault is in
> global code.
The driver is responsible for restoring the text mode. It is
the XFree86 driver's fault alone when the text mode is not properly
restored.
Mark.
>
>
> >From: Mark Vojkovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: Christophe Jacquet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: GeForce 4 Ti 4200 on Dell Inspiron 8500
> >Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 13:07:32 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Christophe Jacquet wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > 3) When I switch back from graphics mode to text mode, the text display
> > > is messed up: the display is not correctly centered, one pixel out of
> > > two remains off, and horizontal lines appear when some text is printed
> > > on the last line.
> > >
> >
> > Did it used to work? I've never had one of these laptops myself
> >so I've never tested on one.
> >
> > Does hitting the "Font" key fix it up again?
> >
> >
> > Mark.
> >
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