On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 07:24, Clive Crous wrote: > :) > > I get a similar problem with : > nvidia tnt2 64 > mandrake 8.1 or 8.0 > > not always but occasionaly (with or without FB) > no DRI (not for nvidia) > > X server crashes when i flip from X -> text tty -> X again > then "text mode" consoles are displayed in the vidmode i was in in X > sometimes causing garbage on the screen (green/red characters) > > I have no idea what could cause this ...
The X server probably fails to restore the text mode when it crashes. Note that as someone else mentioned, if you're using a real framebuffer device (e.g. rivafb, not vesafb), you should be able to get the console back using fbset. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
