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From: randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: X problem with 386ix 2.0.2 and mono VGA screen
Message-ID: <1990Feb24.144445.2379@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 24 Feb 90 14:44:45 GMT
References: <1990Feb19.195600.7778@hcr.uucp>
Reply-To: randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess)
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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In article <1990Feb19.195600.7778@hcr.uucp> jeff@hcr.uucp (Jeffrey Roberts) writes:
]When 'X' is started up from any virtual terminal, ie: console, vt01 etc..
]'X' starts up with no problem.  If I switch to another virtual terminal
]I can see the cursor but nothing else, ie: any characters that I type
]are invisible.  

	This happens with any mono vga monitor.  I understand it is a
	bug in the VGA drivers.  Quickest way to get around it that I have
	found is to run VPIX from a blanked out virtual console.  This
	seems to re-initialize the vga card.

-randy

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Randy Suess
randy@chinet.chi.il.us