Bug#322667: xserver-xorg: X trashes virtual consoles
On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 10:48 +0200, David Martínez Moreno wrote:
> El Viernes, 12 de Agosto de 2005 06:18, Andres Salomon escribió:
> > Package: xserver-xorg
> > Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > Before I start X, the virtual consoles on my system (tty0 through tty6)
> > work fine. After starting X, X itself works, but the consoles are no
> > longer usable. Basically, the video output on the consoles is squished
> > to about 1/8 of the screen, and is scrolling by really fast (if I
> > squint, I can just make out the getty login stuff). This is something
> > new with xorg; with xserver-xfree86, vesa worked on this system just
> > fine.
>
> Excuse me, Andres, why do you use vesa? Please switch to i810 module try to
> reproduce again.
Sure, I can try i810 as well (I'll do so tonight), but vesa should still
not be trashing my console. :)
The reason I'm using vesa is because i810 broke horribly w/ earlier
xserver-xorgs, but I've been told that there are a bunch of
backports/fixes regarding that.
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