Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 21:05:37 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: "Jeff Molofee" <nehe@cruzinternet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vidcontrol Message-ID: <ef10de9a0608031905q63c54a85oadfa882ce03754d2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44D2A2B5.6040500@cruzinternet.com> References: <20060803215556.A51AF16A4F3@hub.freebsd.org> <44D2A2B5.6040500@cruzinternet.com>
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On 8/3/06, Jeff Molofee <nehe@cruzinternet.com> wrote: > I've noticed an odd problem when I set allscreens_flags="MODE_282". If I > set this in rc.conf, when I reboot my machine, the minute GDM comes up, > I can see black on the top half of my screen, overwriting everything > else on the screen. As I move the mouse, the black lines overwrite more > of the screen. I can also see a very tiny cursor moving in the black. > What this looks like to me, is that part of the console screen memory is > overwriting the screen. Is there a fix for this or is this a known > problem? If I disable the allscreens_flags in rc.conf, boot normally, > switch to a console CTLR_ALT-F1from within Gnome then run vidcontrol > MODE_282 then switch back everything is fine... no corruption. > Sounds like a problem with the video card.... anyhow... file a problem report: http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/
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