Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 14:12:46 +0100 From: gjb@ii.pw.edu.pl To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: kern/927: VGA mode not restored Message-ID: <199601021312.OAA08865@ogg.ii.pw.edu.pl> Resent-Message-ID: <199601021230.EAA16336@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 927 >Category: kern >Synopsis: VGA mode not restored >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jan 2 04:30:01 PST 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Grzegorz J. Blinowski >Organization: Warsaw University of Technology >Release: FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386 >Environment: FreeBSD 2.1-RELEASE syscons (sc0) VGA driver Trident 8900 1MB RAM Mono SVGA monitor >Description: With the hw. configuration as above (color VGA adaptor, mono monitor) syscons driver does not always restore text mode correctly. Bad console switching results in a blank screen, I didn't find a way of restoring screen mode after this happens (must reboot). >How-To-Repeat: vidcontrol VGA_90x25 Run XFree86 3.12, than try to switch consoles with ctrl-alt-Fn or exit XFree. >Fix: The bug is in the syscons (/sys/i386/isa/syscons*) driver, probably in the ioctl responsible for text/graphics mode switching. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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