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Xref: sserve comp.windows.x.i386unix:6325 comp.os.386bsd.apps:828 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sgiblab!rtech!amdahl!JUTS!plasma!jpk40 From: jpk40@plasma.amdahl.com (J P Krishnamoorthy) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.386bsd.apps Subject: Re: XF86_S3 doesn't reset screen properly on exit (help please!!) Message-ID: <22vX02cp5aDv01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> Date: 7 Jan 94 19:50:28 GMT References: <2ghfp9$3qj@nntp2.Stanford.EDU> Sender: netnews@juts.ccc.amdahl.com Reply-To: jpk40@eng.amdahl.com Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale Ca. Lines: 35 I have the same problems and the same setup, only I am running NetBSD 0.9. I was told to try the svgalib package that comes the Slackware and try runx. But I could not get it to compile. Someone else told me that this exact problem was discussed on the net about a month back. Does anyone remember the solution(s)? -jp In article <2ghfp9$3qj@nntp2.Stanford.EDU>, yergeau@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dan Yergeau) writes: |> In short: I just got a spiffy new S3 based graphics adaptor, and the |> accelerated X server doesn't reset the screen properly on exit. |> |> OS: FreeBSD-1.0.2 (patched from GAMMA to EPSILON to RELEASE to 1.0.2) |> kernel uses pccons console driver |> X: XFree86-2.0 from freebsd.cdrom.com |> Adaptor: Orchid Fahrenheit 1280+ VLB (S3-805) |> |> With my old ET4000 based card, the SVGA server would reset the |> console to its original text mode on exit. With the new Orchid card |> and the XF86_S3, on exit the console is put into an illegible state |> consisting of wavy/grainy vertical lines through which the expected |> text is vaguely recognizable. |> |> Is there a workaround or a program that I can run to properly reset |> the video mode on exit? |> |> |> Thanks in advance, |> |> -- |> Dan Yergeau You are in a twisty little passage |> yergeau@gloworm.Stanford.EDU of standards, all conflicting. |> #include <std.disclaimer> Keywords: