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From: gjb@ogg.ii.pw.edu.pl (Grzegorz J. Blinowski)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: XFree312 doesn't restore text mode
Date: 21 Dec 1995 16:18:23 GMT
Organization: Warsaw University of Technology
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One more thing:

Grzegorz J. Blinowski (gjb@ogg.ii.pw.edu.pl) wrote:
: Hi,

: Sorry if this is a FAQ, but:

: Recently I upgraded my FreeBSD 1.5.1. (!) & Xfree86 2 to
: FBSD 2.1.0/Xfree 3.12, all works fine except the X server
: which refuses to properly switch back to text mode, when killed,
: or when consoles are changed (ctrl-alt-Fn). 
: When the consoles are switched the screen becomes blank,
: but the keyboard reacts ok.

I also found out that:

vidcontrol VGA_80x25

has the same effect (i.e. all consoles become blank)

: The vcard is quite standard Trident 8900cl, it worked find with XF 2.

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