Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Reset PCI card | From | "Nix N. Nix" <> | Date | 24 May 2002 15:04:34 -0400 |
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On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 07:39, Michael Dunsky wrote: > Hi! > > The "svgalib" has a tool named "reset_vga". It completely resets your > VGA-card . You may try it... but it's only a workaround at the cause and > not at the symptom.
That package doesn't have a nice automake/autconf installer, so I didn't run across the reset_vga thingy at first. I did, however, make it work with mode3:
1. SSH in 2. init 3 3. mode3 4. init 5 5. Close SSH 6. Walk over to the box 7. Log into all the text mode ttys (tty[1-6]), type "clear" and log out.
You're right though. This shouldn't be happening in the first place.
> > I used it a longer time ago with a similar problem (only slightly > similar - programmed the VGA-card "by hand", and needed to clear the > scrambled output I produced :-) ). > > ciao > > Michael > > > Nix N. Nix wrote: > > The symptom: > > > > Sometimes, when I switch between virtual terminals, (away from X == > > tty7), instead of getting my usual login prompt, the picture I've had > > during my X session (or the picture of the display manager) stays on > > the screen, albeit with some of the colours screwed up (as if it were > > a 256 colour palette-based display, even though it's 24 bit colour - > > you know, like in Windows, when you have 256 colours and you switch > > from one app to another and the colours in your background picture get > > all frelled up). The terminal does switch over to the appropriate tty > > because I can log in and type whatever (blindly though) and it does > > work. > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
Thanks for all the help.
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