On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 23:50 -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote:
>
> one particularly disorienting aspect is the X server startup and
> shutdown component. during startup, sometimes the last data in the X
> buffer can be seen with some distorted portions, and during shutdown
> there are always artifacts and flashing. the effects and glitches
> vary based on the X driver (vesa, svga, etc.).
Indeed, this is up to the driver.
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