I have found out if this happen just type reset on the text term and it
will work again.
Enjoy,
Richard
On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Dieter [iso-8859-1] Nützel wrote:
> > Petr Vandrovec wrote:
> >
> > > > > --- linux-2.4.0-test4-bug/drivers/char/console.c Tue Jul 11 15:20:01 2000
> > > > > +++ linux-2.4.0-test4/drivers/char/console.c Fri Jul 14 17:10:47 2000
> > > > > @@ -584,12 +584,12 @@
> > > > > currcons = new_console;
> > > > > hide_cursor(currcons);
> > > > > }
> > > > > -
> > > > > +
> > > > > if (redraw) {
> > > > > set_origin(currcons);
> > > > > + set_palette(currcons);
> > > > > if (sw->con_switch(vc_cons[currcons].d) && vcmode != KD_GRAPHICS) {
> > > > > /* Update the screen contents */
> > > > > - set_palette(currcons);
> > > > > do_update_region(currcons, origin, screenbuf_size/2);
> > > > > }
> > > > > }
> > >
> > > Hi Dieter and others,
> > > can you try this instead? Doing set_palette() (and set_origin too if we
> > > are talking about it) before con_switch is severely broken. Old code, before
> > > moving set_palette, did set_palette unconditionally even when KD_GRAPHICS.
> > > Code below restores this behavior, but still does set_palette() after console
> > > switch. Please tell me whether it fixes your problem too (if not, then
> > > X server must be fixed... if yes, then I believe that this is THE ONE CORRECT
> > > PATCH (tm)).
> >
> > It do NOT fix the problem :-(
> > So the X server must be fixed as you said.
> >
> > > --- linux-2.4.0-test5-pre3/drivers/char/console.c.orig Wed Jul 19 22:36:04 2000
> > > +++ linux-2.4.0-test5-pre3/drivers/char/console.c Thu Jul 20 12:05:17 2000
> > > @@ -587,10 +587,12 @@
> > >
> > > if (redraw) {
> > > set_origin(currcons);
> > > - if (sw->con_switch(vc_cons[currcons].d) && vcmode != KD_GRAPHICS) {
> > > + if (sw->con_switch(vc_cons[currcons].d)) {
> > > /* Update the screen contents */
> > > set_palette(currcons);
> > > - do_update_region(currcons, origin, screenbuf_size/2);
> > > + if (vcmode != KD_GRAPHICS) {
> > > + do_update_region(currcons, origin, screenbuf_size/2);
> > > + }
> > > }
> > > }
> > > set_cursor(currcons);
> >
> > Goodnight!
> > Dieter
> >
>
> Has anyone a fix for the XFree86 4.0.1 tree ready???
>
> I've checked it with kernel 2.4.0-test5 (final) and get the 'black
> screen', again...;-(
>
> Thanks,
> Dieter
>
> --
> Dieter Nützel
> Graduate Student, Computer Science
>
> University of Hamburg
> Department of Computer Science
> Cognitive Systems Group
> Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30
> D-22527 Hamburg, Germany
>
> email: nuetzel@kogs.informatik.uni-hamburg.de
> @home: dieter.nuetzel@myokay.net
>
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