its still there. after applied patch, i run 'make' in build dir, then 'make install'.(keep previous build, i think this is enough, isn't it? or should i run 'make World' again?) thanks :). On 8/31/05, Marc Aurele La France <tsi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, cc wrote: > > > using XFree86 4.5.0 on a Debian 3.1/testing system, > > video card is a i740/agp with 8mb ram, > > > the problem is, when switch back to virtual console by pressing > CTRL-ALT-Fn, > > text on virtual terminals are no longer readable, > > > all characters on screen becomes a colored block(red), or just > > gone(black), or something very strange. > > If you can build from source, please try the attached patch. > > Thanks. > > Marc. > > +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ > | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | > | Academic Information and | fax: 1-780-492-1729 | > | Communications Technologies | email: tsi@xxxxxxxxxxx | > | 352 General Services Building +-----------------------------------+ > | University of Alberta | | > | Edmonton, Alberta | Standard disclaimers apply | > | T6G 2H1 | | > | CANADA | | > +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ > XFree86 developer and VP. ATI driver and X server internals. > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86