try running the command on the console "reset" when the console graphics
are looking flaky
Also in you bios is will probably have the option for vga, svga, cga,
monocrome options, try
vga or svga and see what happends.
What kenels have your tried it will?
Ralph Stickley wrote:
>
> I have installed 3 distributions of linux of various versions on a Media GX
> computer. Each time, the console window in 80x25 text mode (boot with out
> X-Windows) acts "flakey". I don't know how to describe it, but it goes
> something like this:
>
> 1. the kernel messages at boot only get displayed properly about every other
> message - the message on the bottom of the screen may not show up until another
> message is displayed.
>
> 2. "clear" does not - garbage is left all over the screen...if I hit return 25
> times and then type clear, it sometimes works better.
>
> 3. the bottom line of the screen is hardly ever displayed correctly. If I type
> "ls /etc", then hit return, I can see the last filenames listed.
>
> 4. switching virtual consoles (ALT-F2...) shows text and garbage from a
> previous console.
>
> 5. X Windows seems to work OK (up to 800x600 only, but thats another problem) -
> ncurses programs (make menuconfig) seem to work fine also.
>
> I suspect that my BIOS is not setting the video up properly. I'm sure there is
> some utility to set the video controller / mode somewhere. (I've tried boot
> VGA=normal in lilo only...)
>
> Anyone else solved this ? Any how-to's that may have information about the video
> modes stuff ? Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Ralph Stickley
> Datalux, Corp.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
