[gentoo-user] Testing Xorg breaks terminal

[gentoo-user] Testing Xorg breaks terminal

[Richard Broersma Jr]

I don't know if anyone else is experiencing this problem.

I am testing various settings in the xorg.conf file.  Some settings change the performance of X,
others break X all together.

Some setting not only break X but also corrupt all of the command line terminals.  The only way I
am able to restore the terminals is by rebooting the computer.

Is there a way to fix corrupted command line terminals once corrupted other than rebooting.

Regards,

Richard Broersma Jr
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Re: [gentoo-user] Testing Xorg breaks terminal

[Donnie Berkholz]

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Richard Broersma Jr wrote:
> I don't know if anyone else is experiencing this problem.
> 
> I am testing various settings in the xorg.conf file.  Some settings change the performance of X,
> others break X all together.
> 
> Some setting not only break X but also corrupt all of the command line terminals.  The only way I
> am able to restore the terminals is by rebooting the computer.
> 
> Is there a way to fix corrupted command line terminals once corrupted other than rebooting.

You could try 'reset' but that will usually just fix up corruption from
e.g. catting a binary file. Once the framebuffer's corrupted, it's tough
to fix. You could try fixing the X settings to ones known to work and
restarting X, that may fix whatever was screwed up.

Thanks,
Donnie


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Re: [gentoo-user] Testing Xorg breaks terminal

[Nick Rout]

Are you running a framebuffer console? Some cards (nvidia notably) don't
come back well to a framebuffer console after X has been running. Try
booting to a regular console by adding vga="normal" to your boot line in
grub.


On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:35:05 -0700
Donnie Berkholz wrote:

> Richard Broersma Jr wrote:
> > I don't know if anyone else is experiencing this problem.
> > 
> > I am testing various settings in the xorg.conf file.  Some settings change the performance of X,
> > others break X all together.
> > 
> > Some setting not only break X but also corrupt all of the command line terminals.  The only way I
> > am able to restore the terminals is by rebooting the computer.
> > 
> > Is there a way to fix corrupted command line terminals once corrupted other than rebooting.
> 
> You could try 'reset' but that will usually just fix up corruption from
> e.g. catting a binary file. Once the framebuffer's corrupted, it's tough
> to fix. You could try fixing the X settings to ones known to work and
> restarting X, that may fix whatever was screwed up.
> 
> Thanks,
> Donnie
> 

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Re: [gentoo-user] Testing Xorg breaks terminal

[Richard Broersma Jr]

> Are you running a framebuffer console? Some cards (nvidia notably) don't
> come back well to a framebuffer console after X has been running. Try
> booting to a regular console by adding vga="normal" to your boot line in
> grub.

Thanks,  I will give it a try.

Regards,

Richard Broersma Jr.

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