Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux-1.3.71.. | Date | Thu, 7 Mar 1996 01:19:25 -0700 (MST) | From | Robert Riggs <> |
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> > Hi, I'd ask everybody who have seen strange things with virtual consoles to try > out 1.3.71 - I found a potential reason for the "bleeding" behaviour (where > text from one console bleeds to another when you do a VC switch), and hopefully > fixed that in the latest kernel. > > (The kernel doesn't compile if you don't enable MODULE support, so answer "y" > to that question or apply the small patch that has already made it to the > kernel mailing list to get 71 to compile even without CONFIG_MODULES. Mea > culpa) > > Linus > > >
This fix worked great for me. I had problems when switching between X and a VT. The X screen would come back with the left and right halves swapped or there would be a line or two of text on the bottom of the screen. Switching VCs again would fix this. I no longer have this problem.
Rob (rriggs@tesser.com)
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