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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Scrambled Video.
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:32:59 -0700
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eyager@novagate.com wrote:
]
] I have a Avance Logic 2301 video card. Whenever I exit X windows, the
] text mode is restored, but the text is all scrambled. It seems that
] the characters that I type in are translated into something else on
] the screen. Spaces appear as @ .
]
] I tried using vidcontrol to change the mode to 80x25 vga and 80x25
] ega. The video mode will change, but the charecters still are
] scrambled. The same thing happens when you change fonts.
]
] Anyone know how to cure this problem?
You need to fix your X server. It is not restoring the card to
the pre-X state correctly. This is the responsibility of the
X server and *only* the X server to do this.
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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