Re: XFree86 to X.Org: Console colors change
On 7/20/05, Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:
> Adam Aube wrote:
> > After switching from XFree86 to X.Org on Sid recently, I discovered that
> > everytime I used Ctrl+Alt+F[n] to switch between the console and X, the
> > background and text color on the console change to some random color.
> I wonder if this is at all related or similar to the problems with
> Trident graphics cars/dirvers/x.org? A couple people (okay, 2 and I'm
> one of 'em) have had trouble with Trident cards and x.org where we only
> get a white screen on ctrl-alt-f7 and all the virtual terminals a
> broken/funny colors/unusable...
It's also happening with my SuperSavage on a Thinkpad T23, FWIW. It's
especially annoying when the seemingly random choice of foreground and
background colors are the same.
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Michael A. Marsh
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