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Re: Console font size change on xorg exit



On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 07:12:50PM EDT, Chris Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 06:06:51PM EDT, Matthew Smith wrote:
> > Hi Folks
> > 
> > This is an issue that I've seen at time on various distros that I have 
> > found mildly annoying.  Now close to completing the configuration of my 
> > new Debian installation, I'm upgrading this from "mildly annoying" to 
> > "serious nuisance."
> 
> would go as far as "show stopper" myself.
> 
> > The issue is this:
> > 
> > * Boot machine.
> > * Console font size is sensible.
> > * Run xorg (startx).
> > * Close xorg.
> > * Console font size is now enormous on all TTYs to the point of being 
> > unusable. (Have to reboot to be able to work again.)
> > 
> > Can anyone enlighten me as to why this happens and what I can do to 
> > regain my regular console font size once I quit xorg?
> 
> Enlighten.. I'm unfortunately incapable of .. 
> 
> I would suspect your card's Xorg driver.. _my_ understanding is that the
> previous state of your display should have been saved when launching "X"
> and restored transparently upon exiting. 
> 
> You may want to try a generic (vesa?) driver instead of your card's
> specific driver to confirm my speculations - sorry I can't be more
> specific but it's been a while since I had to grapple with such issues.
> 
> You mention having experienced this same symptoms with "various distros"
> I assume this was with the same hardware?
> 
> One place to look for help with such issues is the framebugger lists..
> some guys hang in there that _really_ understand this stuff.

.. oh bugger.. I meant the framebuffer lists, naturally.


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