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From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: open messes up the screen
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:57:11 +1100
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To: Brad Boyer <flar@allandria.com>
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> Well, open is really openvt. It fiddles around with the console to
> start up a program on a new virtual console. X doesn't always like
> that, but it should work better than that. The vt change should
> trigger X to properly cleanup the screen before the switch. I'd
> say file a bug.
> 

It's not a VT change issue. It's an old bug of the fbcon code that
causes opening a VT to reset the palette on the current fb even when not
in front.

Ben.