On Fri, 02 May 2008 16:27:10 -0400, Brian McKee wrote: > On 2-May-08, at 4:06 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: >> On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:26:02 -0400, hendrik wrote: >>> On my AMD64 etch system, cntl-alt-F1 has stopped giving me a text >>> console a month or two ago. > >> Today the vertual text consoles are back. No explanation. > > Doug Tutty gave up trying to instantiate them :-) > > There was an intel video driver bug on u***u > <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/ > +bug/182865> > but I didn't mention as I didn't figure you had intel video with AMD > chipset. Maybe your video driver had a similar issue. > > Brian
I have an nvidia video chip, and am using free drivers. NOT the nvidia proprietary ones. They worked fine, then I lost the virtual text consoles, now they are back. Rebooting and kernel upgrades did not seem to make a difference, but now, suddenly, they are back. This is good. I hate doing kernel or X upgrades while running as root in an xterm. I'm still having random kernel panic upon reboot, though, as mentioned elsewhere. I'm afraid to reboot in case I can't. I now make a full backup of all user files onto a USB drive before every reboot. Just in case. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
