From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N0YFO-0000zo-AP for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:16:50 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C5665E077E; Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:16:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC035E077E for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:16:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8603CB288F for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:16:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:16:47 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: fxgNpS9FxCOMrGmg/sekvKX29r1q7hxH5/PPfwuz+JIs 1256120208 Received: from [192.168.31.12] (cpe-069-134-183-088.nc.res.rr.com [69.134.183.88]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 46C2610C83 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:16:48 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Colors corrupted in X after returning from text console From: Albert Hopkins To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20091021042908.GA22258@waltdnes.org> References: <20091021005506.GB4883@waltdnes.org> <1256088606.489979.149.camel@centar> <20091021042908.GA22258@waltdnes.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:16:46 -0400 Message-ID: <1256120206.1426320.2.camel@centar> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 18b6eeeb-0f13-4d6d-a938-4233c42ae9bb X-Archives-Hash: 66ad5477ce3368956ec3bd833453df26 On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 00:29 -0400, waltdnes@waltdnes.org wrote: > > If you are using the Intel graphics I think you should try KMS. > > Switching back and forth between X and a vt is both fast and > > flicker-free and I haven't seen any artifacts switching between > > the two. > > From looking at Google, I think you're referring to kernel mode > switching. I have looked all over make menuconfig and can't find it. > What is the reference I should be looking for? I'm running the > latest stable kernel as near as I can tell. Oh stable... never touch the stuff... ;) http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA#Kernel_Modesetting