Re: Console is screwy (shows what looks like boot log)

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Subject: Re: Console is screwy (shows what looks like boot log)
From: Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:11:12 +0100
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Hello

Brad Sims (<bmsims1@insightbb.com>) wrote:

> My virtual consoles (ie F1-whatever) after a short period
> will go screwy and show what looks like boot logs or
> multi-color flashing garbage... I tried /c and even the reset
> command to no avail... They are fine after a hardware reboot
> but this is annoying... SSH works just fine, as does XFree86.
> 
> I am running Debian Sid with latest everything <g>
> Any ideas? 'Cause I am fresh out...

Do you use any framebuffer driver? I had the same problem switching from
XFree to a console using rivafb. Vesafb of plain text mode work

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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