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 1N0Svb-0005K8-3P for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:36:03 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A9F92E0774; Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:36:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 925CAE0774 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:36:01 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AlgFAMos3krO+KS5/2dsb2JhbACBUdcyhDEEiAo X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,595,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="47914334" Received: from 206-248-164-185.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([206.248.164.185]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with SMTP; 21 Oct 2009 00:36:00 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:29:08 -0400 From: waltdnes@waltdnes.org Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:29:08 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Colors corrupted in X after returning from text console Message-ID: <20091021042908.GA22258@waltdnes.org> References: <20091021005506.GB4883@waltdnes.org> <1256088606.489979.149.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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1256088606.489979.149.camel@centar> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Archives-Salt: 1698814c-ce1d-432f-8207-5be888a41163 X-Archives-Hash: 9a3a408c2666e645f2038034ecf75250 On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 09:30:06PM -0400, Albert Hopkins 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... [d531][waltdnes][~] uname -sr Linux 2.6.30-gentoo-r7 -- Walter Dnes