> set_palette itself takes care of vcmode != KD_GRAPHICS for X. I
> do not see any relation between whether console driver updated screen
> itself and updating palette, so I believe that console.c in 2.4.0-test6-pre9
> is correct...
I got a look at it today. Yes that is the correct patch. It still sets the
palette after the vidoe mode is set.
> > What was causing the problem was we where not setting the palette for vga
> > text mode when we where switching away from the X server.
>
> I think that both fixes are needed. With console.c from test6-pre8
> "echo ^[]P0FF0000" behaves a bit unexpected during VT switches, as
> ^^ ESC
> palette is not reprogrammed... (tested with plain test5 + vgacon;
> test6-pre9 + vgacon or fbcon does it right).
Good. Will move to CVS now.
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