on Mon, Apr 15, 2002, Roach, Mark R. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > This is a very strange variation on a problem I experienced > occasionally in mandrake. My console windows are now filled with > vertical lines. Mostly purples, but all sorts of other colors too. > nothing I type shows up on the screen. It looks like some kind of test > pattern.
I generally chalk this up to a bad video driver. There's no way other than a reboot to fix the issue AFAIK. Long term, it's to get your driver right. What versions of Debian and XFree86? Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Moderator, Free Software Law Discussion mailing list: http://lists.alt.org/mailman/listinfo/fsl-discuss/
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