> On Wed, Jan 14, 1998 at 04:48:30PM -0500, Igor Grobman wrote: > > > > > - don't use SVGATextMode if X is started > > > > Why? works fine here. > > He's right. X Server looks at the Textmode to save and restore it properly, > but only once at startup-time. It then assumes that the mode keeps the same. > So it fails to restore it properly if you switched mode in the meantime. > > Try: stm 100x37; startx; change back to console; stm 80x25; change to X and > back to console, you get a skewed screen.
It always worked fine for me here, and it does now, but the manpage does mention that X-server indeed only saves textmode once at startup-time. Maybe it only works for some vidcards, or maybe the more likely reason is that I am running the latest X-server(3.3.1-2) while bo has 3.3 which is older. -- Proudly running Debian Linux! Linux vs. Windows is a no-Win situation.... Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .