Re: svga modes
>>
>> Yesterday I tried using vga=ask as a bootup option (from loadlin) and chose a
>> different video mode (80x28 instead of 80x25). It looked fine when I was
>> booting, but after I switched from a x (auto started with XDM) to a VT, I was
>> back in standard text mode. Also, I couldn't see the bottom three
>> lines of text, so the VT thought that there were 28 lines on my console. Is
>> there a configuration option that I missed, or is this a problem with my X
>> server?
>>
>> My system:
>>
>> Debian 2.1r5 + xfree from www.debian.org/~vincent
>> Hercules Thriller 3D 4MB PCI (Rendition V2200)
>> P233 MMX w/ 96MB Ram
>
>Weird. My understanding is that once you've selected a vga mode, it
>sticks. Of course, if you're running SVGATextMode, this may not be the
>case. Are you?
I don't think so, what is it?
I strongly suspect that it is a bug in my x-server/card. There is a known bug (that I've never seen) in the Rendition server where it freezes while switching from X to a VT. Maybe this is related in some way.
Maybe I should contact dejan (one of the key xfree-rendition developers) and ask him about this.
Mark
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