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From: andyb@stb.info.com (Andy B.)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: VP/ix screws up console
Message-ID: <1991May31.211148.5726@stb.info.com>
Date: 31 May 91 21:11:48 GMT
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briant@tsltor.uucp (Brian Taylor) writes:
> I have a peculiar problem with VP/ix.  I'm running version 2.2.1 (but this
> has happened ever since I put 2.2 on the new machine).  When I run VP/ix from
> any of the sessions on the console (i.e., not a pseudo-tty or serial line),
> VP/ix fires up just fine, but as soon as I type 'quit' to return to UNIX,
> the entire monitor turns a mottled-pattern of gray and is illegible.  Going
> back into VP/ix clears up the screen, but coming out still leaves it screwed
> up.  Note also that it's screwed up on all the vt??s and console after only
> ONE of the sessions (thus I believe it's playing with the VGA card or similar
> trick).

I don't know if it's true for all video cards, but in order to get
color on my screen, I had to comment out the references to EGA
and VGA in the vpix.cnf file.  If that's not the problem, I
don't have any other answers.  Hope it works!

Andy
-- 
If it's not broken...your girlfriend will get bored with it anyway.