Re: Gibberish on switching X to console
On 29 Nov 1999, Phil Brutsche wrote:
>
> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
>
> > I've just installed Debian on my son's computer; everything has gone
> > pretty smoothly except that when I switch from X to a console I
> > frequently get gibberish. I can't clear it with reset, tty sane, or
> > ctrl-v ctrl-c and I have to reboot,
>
> That happens with some combinations of video cards and X servers. For
> example:
>
> * Matrox G200 AGP with XF86_SVGA -> no problem text->X and back
> * S3 ViRGE with XF86_SVGA -> same problem you have
> * S3 ViRGE with XF86_S3V -> no problem text->X and back
> (on the S3 it might be the other way around - it's been a while since I've
> tried)
>
> Without knowing more about your computer, the only thing I can say
> is: Don't do that!
>
> Sorry.
>
Thanks to all for replies. The card is in fact an S3_ViRGE so that must
be where the problem is. I've installed the appropriate driver and so
far all seems to be well.
Anthony
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