Re: X exits into unreadable screen

2001-08-17 Thread Robert Waldner
On Fri, 17 Aug 2001 19:16:06 CDT, Kent West writes: >If I understand you correctly, what you're describing I've seen also, but it >wasn't related to Linux. It's related to a setting in the laptop's CMOS >("Expand Video", or some-such) and the way that setting interacts with video >modes. If you

Re: X exits into unreadable screen

2001-08-17 Thread Kent West
On Friday 17 August 2001 18:51, Robert Waldner wrote: > > >>When I drop down to a console from X, or when I exit X altogether, the > > >>screen that comes up is unreadable. It is a black screen with lots of > > >>vertical white lines of varying width. When I type, it just produces > > >>more vert

Re: X exits into unreadable screen

2001-08-17 Thread Robert Waldner
> >>When I drop down to a console from X, or when I exit X altogether, the > >>screen that comes up is unreadable. It is a black screen with lots of > >>vertical white lines of varying width. When I type, it just produces > >>more verticle white lines where the text should be. > > It is likely

Re: X exits into unreadable screen

2001-08-17 Thread James D Strandboge
On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 02:15:03PM -0400 or thereabouts, Brian Stults wrote: > I tried that, but it doesn't change anything. You wouldn't happen to have an ATI card with Xfree86 4.1.0 would you? If so, there is a bug report regarding this. THe bug report has a crude hack to get the screen back un

Re: X exits into unreadable screen

2001-08-17 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Re: X exits into unreadable screen Date: Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 03:10:37PM -0400 In reply to:Brian Stults Quoting Brian Stults([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Karsten M. Self wrote: > >on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:54:21AM -0400, Brian Stults > >([EMAIL PR

Re: X exits into unreadable screen

2001-08-17 Thread Aidan Christian O'Reilly
Me too, just got a chance to catch up on mail--my setup is Sid, custom kernel 2.4.8 (it happened w/2.4.7 as well), X version 4.1. It's an ATI Rage 128, Princeton 17" monitor. Aidan On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 04:22:32PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Brian Stults wrote: > >Hello, > > > >When I drop down

Re: X exits into unreadable screen

2001-08-17 Thread Oleksandr Moskalenko
* Brian Stults ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Touloumtzis, Michael wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:54:21AM -0400, Brian Stults wrote: > > > >>When I drop down to a console from X, or when I exit X altogether, the > >>screen that comes up is unreadable. It is a black screen with lots of > >>ver

Re: X exits into unreadable screen

2001-08-17 Thread Kent West
Brian Stults wrote: Hello, When I drop down to a console from X, or when I exit X altogether, the screen that comes up is unreadable. It is a black screen with lots of vertical white lines of varying width. When I type, it just produces more verticle white lines where the text should be.

Re: X exits into unreadable screen

2001-08-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 03:10:37PM -0400, Brian Stults ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:54:21AM -0400, Brian Stults ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > >>Hello, > >> > >>When I drop down to a console from X, or when I exit X altogether, the > >>

Re: X exits into unreadable screen

2001-08-17 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: X exits into unreadable screen Date: Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:54:21AM -0400 In reply to:Brian Stults Quoting Brian Stults([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hello, > > When I drop down to a console from X, or when I exit X altogether, the > screen that comes up is unr

Re: X exits into unreadable screen

2001-08-17 Thread Touloumtzis, Michael
On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 03:36:39PM -0400, Brian Stults wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion. I will look into savetextmode and > restoretextmode. Do you have any idea why this would be happening, > though? True, when I reboot everything goes back to normal and I can > work at a console again.

Re: X exits into unreadable screen

2001-08-17 Thread Brian Stults
Touloumtzis, Michael wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:54:21AM -0400, Brian Stults wrote: > >>When I drop down to a console from X, or when I exit X altogether, the >>screen that comes up is unreadable. It is a black screen with lots of >>vertical white lines of varying width. When I type, it

Re: X exits into unreadable screen

2001-08-17 Thread Touloumtzis, Michael
On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:54:21AM -0400, Brian Stults wrote: > When I drop down to a console from X, or when I exit X altogether, the > screen that comes up is unreadable. It is a black screen with lots of > vertical white lines of varying width. When I type, it just produces > more verticle

Re: X exits into unreadable screen

2001-08-17 Thread Brian Stults
Karsten M. Self wrote: on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:54:21AM -0400, Brian Stults ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello, When I drop down to a console from X, or when I exit X altogether, the screen that comes up is unreadable. It is a black screen with lots of vertical white lines of varying width.

Re: X exits into unreadable screen

2001-08-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:54:21AM -0400, Brian Stults ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, > > When I drop down to a console from X, or when I exit X altogether, the > screen that comes up is unreadable. It is a black screen with lots of > vertical white lines of varying width. When I type, it

Re: X exits into unreadable screen

2001-08-17 Thread Brian Stults
Paul Scott wrote: Brian Stults wrote: Hello, When I drop down to a console from X, or when I exit X altogether, the screen that comes up is unreadable. It is a black screen with lots of vertical white lines of varying width. When I type, it just produces more verticle white lines where th

Re: X exits into unreadable screen

2001-08-17 Thread Paul Scott
Brian Stults wrote: Hello, When I drop down to a console from X, or when I exit X altogether, the screen that comes up is unreadable. It is a black screen with lots of vertical white lines of varying width. When I type, it just produces more verticle white lines where the text should be.

X exits into unreadable screen

2001-08-17 Thread Brian Stults
Hello, When I drop down to a console from X, or when I exit X altogether, the screen that comes up is unreadable. It is a black screen with lots of vertical white lines of varying width. When I type, it just produces more verticle white lines where the text should be. Any suggestions? Tha