Re: screen goes black

["Terry 'Mongoose' Hendrix II" <darkskye@mindspring.com>]

Russell Coker wrote:


> No it is definately not a wiring issue.  The entire screen goes blank but any 
> text being displayed appears.  So if I keep typing then anything I type 
> appears, but the rest of the screen stays blank until I take some action to 
> cause a re-draw (IE switching virtual terminals or scrolling a text-mode 
> screen).

I read that as text and graphics.

If it's refreshing very slow, it may just be a slow machine or low 
memory.  I would help if you mention your video chipset, memory, and cpu.

cheers,
Terry

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