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 verticle white lines where the text should be.
> > >
> > > It is likely that your SVGA registers were corrupted by X crashing in
> > > this way. The only solutions are:
> > > 1. reboot
> > > 2. start X and live without consoles for now
>
> I´m getting this behaviour on my laptop since about 3-4 weeks ago, but
> the only package I upgraded was sendmail...
>
> The best weirdo is that since then my display even boots, let me
> show...
>
> +-------------------------------------------------------+
>
> | +--------------------------+ |
> |
> |
> |
> |
> |
> |
> | +--------------------------+ |
>
> +-------------------------------------------------------+
>
> ..something not quite right.
>
> I don´t have the slightest idea why this is happening all of a sudden,
> but thought it some weird laptop-only-problem.
>
> cheers,
> &rw
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 your laptop has such a setting, try experimenting with it.
Kent
