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For some reason, Voodoo Banshees don't like switching from a graphics
mode back to 80x25.   Any other text mode, such as 80x30, should work
fine.   Set the "allscreens_flags" entry in /etc/rc.conf to "80x30" to
change the default text mode for your consoles.

Alex


Jesse wrote:

> I have a Voodoo Banshee card. I have a weird problem
> where after I go into an Xwindows video mode (i.e. a
> graphics mode), and I change back to one of the
> regular text consoles, I get a blank screen! It
> changes video modes, but shows nothing. It DOES
> actually change to that terminal, because i CAN log in
> and reboot (by feal), at which point everything's
> fixed. 
> 
> Anybody ever seen anything like this? Is there a
> kernel option i should include?
> 
> -Jesse


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