I've had this happen a few times. If I'm using vgacons (non-fbdev console) I can modprobe the fbdev module (radeonfb in my case) to get the console back. If it pukes again after this, I can use fbset to change the resolution. This fixes things.
-----Original Message----- From: Michel D�nzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 2:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Xpert]Text-Mode/Console invisible after X crash On Mon, 2001-11-26 at 02:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When a program causes my X server to crash (video/kbd lockup), I can > successfully login remotely and kill X, but my text-mode console > display vanishes. I can still type in the console, but all I see is my > wallpaper/background from X's root window shift around a bit. This had > happened to me on my Sony VAIO laptop and I dismissed it as being a > Neomagic or internal laptop problem. Well now I'm running a dual AMD > system with an Asus Geforce2 GTS and it's still doing it. Does anyone > have an idea for me to be able to regain my text-mode console without > rebooting? Assuming you're running Linux, you can try a real framebuffer device (as opposed to a generic one like vesafb). For a GF2 that would probably be rivafb. You may still have to restart X to get the console back even then. -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
