On 28 Oct 2000, Robert Norris wrote: > I rebooted my box today to clear out a kernel module that got itself > stuck somehow and wouldn't unload. When the machine came back up the > screen went blank upon SVGATextMode running. > > I logged in remotely and messed with it for a bit, to no avail. My last > ditch solution was to purge svgatextmode and the console-tools > packages, and reinstall them. > > With its default configuration SVGATextMode now works, but when I > change the chipset from 'VGA' to 'Riva128' (which fits my card - > a Diamond Viper 330E), I get nothing on the screen. Trying > different modes, I found that screen shows nothing when 8-pixel > wide fonts are used, and when modes with 9-pixel wide fonts are used > I get strange 'double width' fonts (think mode 2 on the old BBCs). > When this happens every second letter on the screen is displayed > twice, but the others aren't (hmm, bad explanation ..) .. for example, > my login prompt looks like this: > > DDbbaa NN//iiuu oodd bbuuiinnttyy > > oottssaa ooii:: > > rather than the normal: > > Debian GNU/Linux woody obtusian tty1 > > obtusian login: > > (All this in the freaky double-width font). > > Clues? Its got me stumped. > > (FWIW, I tried swapping the card for another of the same type, same > problem). > > Regards, > Rob.
The author of SVGATextMode said a few months ago that he was ceasing to maintain it because it was no longer necessary with modern cards. I've stopped using it myself. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.2 (Windows-free zone) Over 100 book reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/bookreviews/ Skeptical essays: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/freethinker/ "Palo y tente tieso." (Spanish proverb) Free translation: "Holdfast is your only dog."