linux-kernel - Re: [2.6.20 regression] No text console picture after X start

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Message-ID: <20070207115704.GA4343@rotes76.wohnheim.uni-kl.de>
Date:	Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:57:04 +0100
From:	Eduard Bloch <edi@....de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.20 regression] No text console picture after X start

#include <hallo.h>
* Eduard Bloch [Wed, Feb 07 2007, 12:19:53PM]:
> Hello,
> 
> I have an ATI Radeon X800 GTO card [1], which works "well"[2] with
> xserver-xorg-video-ati 6.6.3-2 (Debian Sid). However, after upgrading to
> 2.6.20, the console screen is no longer restored after switching the
> virtual terminal to first console when X has been started once.
> Apparently the keyboard input does work but the picture is frozen at the
> last image seen in X and some colors become changed (like on wrong color
> pallette mapping).

Sorry, was a false alarm. The reason seems to be a problem with the X
server which happens to crash frequently, and console is broken only
after that happened.

Eduard.

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