From Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net>: I use a Matrox G400 card with 32 MB Ram and have the exact same symptoms using SVGATextMode with 132x43. When using the console after starting X I can only use the upper 25 columns. Thus my input and the computers output scoll the upper 25 lines while the lower rest of lines also scolls and shows garbage. After some scrolling this garbage gets very colorful.
Whatever was wrong, it seems that this bug has been fixed in one of the recent versions of X in experimental. Gregor: does it persist for you?
If no, the bug can be closed while praising the XSF and schtuff. Whee?!? -- /-----------------------\ Shh, be vewy, vewy quiet, | kilobyte@mimuw.edu.pl | I'm hunting wuntime ewwows! \-----------------------/ Segmentation fault (core dumped)