On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 16:03, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: > On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 15:26, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 10:18, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: > > > On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 17:01, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 08:54, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: > > > > > > > > And while we are at it, I now get a blank screen when switching back > > > > > to > > > > > console... it even does not go on again when switching back to X... > > > > > all > > > > > that helps is putting the machine to sleep and back or reboot. > > > > > > > > Can you try and determine what change caused this? > > > > > > uuhh, it works now... not 100% sure whether this is because I switched > > > back from 2.6.1-rc1-ben1 to 2.6.0-ben1 or happened in the recent apt-get > > > upgrades... > > > > Actually, reading your description again, it matches a known > > intermittent problem when running without Option "UseFBDev". > > but why does it seem to work now in 2.6.0-ben1 ... hmm.
'Intermittent' is the keyword. It seemed to happen about every second time on average for me but may be rarer for you. > [scroll speed issue] > I really tried to find out what happens in xterm but did not succeed > (time constraints)... however I really noticed the fast scroll speed in > Eterm which seems to deaccellerated when it reaches the last lines... > Maybe some X guru could resolve that issue. My understanding is that it's all related to (lack of) buffering. Piping output to cat seems a usable workaround in most cases, but of course it doesn't help with vim... -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
