From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 24 May 2002 15:04:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 24 May 2002 15:04:38 -0400 Received: from smtp.cogeco.net ([216.221.81.25]:26365 "EHLO fep3.cogeco.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 24 May 2002 15:04:36 -0400 Subject: Re: Reset PCI card From: "Nix N. Nix" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3CEE2670.4010701@p4all.de> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.5 Date: 24 May 2002 15:04:34 -0400 Message-Id: <1022267074.27864.4.camel@tux> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 07:39, Michael Dunsky wrote: > Hi! > > The "svgalib" has a tool named "reset_vga". It completely resets your > VGA-card . You may try it... but it's only a workaround at the cause and > not at the symptom. That package doesn't have a nice automake/autconf installer, so I didn't run across the reset_vga thingy at first. I did, however, make it work with mode3: 1. SSH in 2. init 3 3. mode3 4. init 5 5. Close SSH 6. Walk over to the box 7. Log into all the text mode ttys (tty[1-6]), type "clear" and log out. You're right though. This shouldn't be happening in the first place. > > I used it a longer time ago with a similar problem (only slightly > similar - programmed the VGA-card "by hand", and needed to clear the > scrambled output I produced :-) ). > > ciao > > Michael > > > Nix N. Nix wrote: > > The symptom: > > > > Sometimes, when I switch between virtual terminals, (away from X == > > tty7), instead of getting my usual login prompt, the picture I've had > > during my X session (or the picture of the display manager) stays on > > the screen, albeit with some of the colours screwed up (as if it were > > a 256 colour palette-based display, even though it's 24 bit colour - > > you know, like in Windows, when you have 256 colours and you switch > > from one app to another and the colours in your background picture get > > all frelled up). The terminal does switch over to the appropriate tty > > because I can log in and type whatever (blindly though) and it does > > work. > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Thanks for all the help.