Re: 109pre2 video problem with X
Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:17:20 +0200 (CEST)
On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Steven N. Hirsch wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Meelis Roos wrote:
> > > Yes, that seems to be it. Disabling console support on virtual terminal
> > > makes the shift go away.
> >
> > The problem is that console output to the screen is not disabled when
> > the console is in graphics mode (vc_mode != KD_TEXT). On a graphical
> > console this doesn't matter because the kernel knows how to print text
> > to it. With vgacon or vgafb things may go wrong.
>
> FWIW, I'm having no X-related problems running an older XiGraphics
> commercial X server under 2.1.109p2. However, midnight commander messes
> up the VGA console big-time and log messages sprout up in the wrong row.
2.1.109p2 is very old. A lot has changed in between.
Greetings,
Geert
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Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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