On 29 Nov 1999, Phil Brutsche wrote: > > A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > > I've just installed Debian on my son's computer; everything has gone > > pretty smoothly except that when I switch from X to a console I > > frequently get gibberish. I can't clear it with reset, tty sane, or > > ctrl-v ctrl-c and I have to reboot, > > That happens with some combinations of video cards and X servers. For > example: > > * Matrox G200 AGP with XF86_SVGA -> no problem text->X and back > * S3 ViRGE with XF86_SVGA -> same problem you have > * S3 ViRGE with XF86_S3V -> no problem text->X and back > (on the S3 it might be the other way around - it's been a while since I've > tried) > > Without knowing more about your computer, the only thing I can say > is: Don't do that! > > Sorry. >
Thanks to all for replies. The card is in fact an S3_ViRGE so that must be where the problem is. I've installed the appropriate driver and so far all seems to be well. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.1 (Windows-free zone) Book Reviews: http://www.pentelikon.freeserve.co.uk/bookreviews/ "It's no go the Yogi Man, it's no go Blavatsky" - Louis MacNeice
