>> >> Yesterday I tried using vga=ask as a bootup option (from loadlin) and chose >> a >> different video mode (80x28 instead of 80x25). It looked fine when I was >> booting, but after I switched from a x (auto started with XDM) to a VT, I >> was >> back in standard text mode. Also, I couldn't see the bottom three >> lines of text, so the VT thought that there were 28 lines on my console. Is >> there a configuration option that I missed, or is this a problem with my X >> server? >> >> My system: >> >> Debian 2.1r5 + xfree from www.debian.org/~vincent >> Hercules Thriller 3D 4MB PCI (Rendition V2200) >> P233 MMX w/ 96MB Ram > >Weird. My understanding is that once you've selected a vga mode, it >sticks. Of course, if you're running SVGATextMode, this may not be the >case. Are you?
I don't think so, what is it? I strongly suspect that it is a bug in my x-server/card. There is a known bug (that I've never seen) in the Rendition server where it freezes while switching from X to a VT. Maybe this is related in some way. Maybe I should contact dejan (one of the key xfree-rendition developers) and ask him about this. Mark ps If you reply, please reply directly since I'm not subscribed to debian-user, I just browse the archives
