Luc Verhaegen wrote (in a message from Sunday 25) > On 2004.01.25 12:50, Matthieu Herrb wrote: > > One thing to note about this (and other similar reports that XFree86 > > leaves the text console garbled on exit on NetBSD and OpenBSD) is > > that > > the Linux console driver does its own VGA registers save/restore when > > switching VTs, while the wscons driver used by NetBSD and OpenBSD > > doesn't save/restore anything. > > > > I don't know if the proper fix is to duplicate the code from the > > Linux > > console driver in the X server for the systems that need it, or to > > add > > this ""feature" to the wscons driver. > > > > Matthieu > Hrm, Martti, have you followed > http://www.xfree86.org/4.3.0/NetBSD7.html#16 > > Your log has > (--) Using wscons driver in pcvt compatibility mode (version 3.32) > > Matthieu, does this mean that X/wscons is lacking in this area, or that > problems storing/restoring console within a driver will only be > revealed when using netbsd? Wscons exposes things that go un-noticed under Linux or other systems that duplicate the VGA save/restore around the X server. The problem is that my understanding of the vgahw layer is limited, and I've never been able to find out what's missing there. Matthieu _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
