Re: Console mode
On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 11:34:25AM -0400, Tom Zych wrote:
> Kent West wrote:
>
> > Look in /etc/init.d for a script named something like SVGATextMode or
> > something similar. If you see something like that, rename it (or disable
> > it in one of several other methods) and reboot and see what happens.
>
> Nothing resembling "vga" in init.d. I also diffed init.d against my
> old one. Nothing obvious turned up. Also tried rdev. Old vidmode was
> 65535, changed it to 0, didn't help. I was using the wrong syntax
> for single-user mode, I'll try again next time I boot from that
> drive.
>
> I think I should have mentioned before now that there's a little
> picture of Tux holding a mug of beer that shows up at the top of the
> screen. That seems to be when the mode changes. I think I have to
> find the program that puts Tux there, it's probably the culprit.
> Anyone know what program that is? It starts out normal, then goes
> kind of psychedelic.
>
Someone on the list solved this for me some time in the last
week. Look in the archives - I think the thread was entitled
"Extirpating framebuffer".
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