On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 02:52:30AM +0000, Éric wrote: > If i still have a X server running and return to it, or start a new one, > i get a perfectly, normally working X session. The only way i found to > get consoles back to usable state without rebooting, is to - either > remotely or from a shell script - run a bare X server in 1024x768 16bpp > (the mode that matches my console mode) and "kill -9" it forcing the > screen to be left in this mode, then use chvt to switch to a text console. > > Machine is a standard i686 PC with a Geforce3 TI, running XFree86 4.3 on > Linux kernel 2.4.22. I use VESA framebuffer 1024x768 16bpp for console As a diagnostic tool, have you tried booting with your console in VGA text mode, to see what it does *then* when you switch? Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@xxxxxxxxxxx Member of the Technical Staff Baylink RFC 2100 The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 Come see Linux Gazette in our new home: www.linuxgazette.net! _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
