On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 21:05:19 +0100 Francesco Poli wrote: > On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 23:34:15 +0100 Francesco Poli wrote: > > > BTW, I noticed that I don't experience the same problem change on > > another box with Intel graphics, Debian testing and the same Xorg > > version. > > > > However, that other box has not yet been rebooted since the xorg upgrade > > (even though X was restarted). > > Update: after a reboot, I experience the same problem on that other box > (that is to say, console behaves as configured after the boot, but > changes resolution and displays 'toilet -f future' symbols as a mess of > characters, after starting X). Important update: after the upgrades I performed on last Sunday, the behavior of my box significantly changed. From last Monday on, during each boot, the screen briefly blanks and the console resolution is switched to the LCD monitor's optimal one (1280x1024, in my case). I suspect that the console is switched to a framebuffer one. After that, I no longer have any problems with 'toilet -f future' symbols, before or after running X. This is great, except that I would like to have a console with the default resolution (the one I get during and just after the POST, 640x480, I think). I never said I wanted a 1280x1024 console! Which packages were upgraded on my box on last Sunday? [UPGRADE] e2fslibs 1.41.9-1 -> 1.41.10-1 [UPGRADE] e2fsprogs 1.41.9-1 -> 1.41.10-1 [UPGRADE] libblas3gf 1.2-2 -> 1.2-3 [UPGRADE] libcomerr2 1.41.9-1 -> 1.41.10-1 [UPGRADE] libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl 2.021-1 -> 2.024-1 [UPGRADE] libss2 1.41.9-1 -> 1.41.10-1 [UPGRADE] libtiff4 3.9.2-2 -> 3.9.2-3+b1 [UPGRADE] procps 1:3.2.8-2 -> 1:3.2.8-7 [UPGRADE] propaganda-debian 13.5.5 -> 13.5.6 [UPGRADE] libgudev-1.0-0 150-2 -> 151-2 [UPGRADE] libudev0 150-2 -> 151-2 [UPGRADE] udev 150-2 -> 151-2 The first suspect is udev... It is probably the cause of the behavior change. OK, so now the problem is: if what I said above is correct and I am really using a framebuffer console, I may be OK with it, but... how can I prevent it from changing the resolution during the boot sequence? I would like to have 640x480 (i.e.: the default resolution during POST, GRUB, and just at the beginning of the boot sequence) for the console and, of course, leave 1280x1024 (the LCD monitor's optimal resolution) for X. Any help is appreciated. Thanks for your time! -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html Need some pdebuild hook scripts? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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