Bug#318430: Console switching broken

[Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>]

debbug2@danisch.de wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2
> 
> Hi, 
> I just moved from XFree86 to the new Xorg server package. 
> Hardware is 
> 
> 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200
> AGP (rev 03)
> 
> driver is mga.
> 
> Basically, it works well, but when changing to text-console
> (Ctrl-Alt-F1) the screen is full of garbage. 

Same here, except it gave me a blue border and the text was missing (I have
colored prompts and stuff so I saw some colored blocks)

My card:
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP
(rev 04)

Maybe this is a matrox driver problem?

I have ATI rage, ATI radeon, and a Trident CyberBlade I can try Xorg on.

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