Re: Linux Console 2.1.11{6,7} color/font broken...

Dawid Kuroczko (dk@ssw.krakow.pl)
25 Aug 1998 00:20:49 GMT

Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz> wrote:
:> This happens if the underline register isn't moved to a line that is
:> beyond the end of the font cell. Just letting whomever is now
:> maintaining this code know where to look.

: It smells of a BIOS bug. It might be worth trying to use SVGATextMode
: to re-set the card.

: Have a nice fortnight

It worked. :)

[ If someone wants to add this to some kind of FAQ or something,
the magical sequence is grabmode, to grab current mode, enter
the result tu /etc/TextConfig (or something similar) and run
SVGATextMode -o 100x30 # My favourite mode ]

Why do You suspect BIOS bug, BTW? (I'm curious, forgive me my
incompetence).

Regards and lots of thanks,
Dawid Kuroczko

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