Bug 13558

Summary:	Post install of Xfree863.3.3.1 gunks up the text consoles
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	rpotts <rpotts>
Component:	misc	Assignee:	yokota <yokota>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Unspecified
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description rpotts 1999-09-03 16:00:02 UTC

After I save the configuration in Xvidtune and am sent back to the FreeBSD install menus, the screen is illegible.  It looks like it becomes split into 3 segment which scroll over to each other(never can tell which portion will be where.  Reboot will reset the screens back to readable look.  X will work fine, but when I exit out, it will still gunk up the screen.

Fix: 

More of a workaround:  Do all text work under a terminal in X(even /stand/sysinstall)
How-To-Repeat: I know this is probably a X problem, but I couldnot find any info.  Has anyone else seen this?

get a all-in-one machine with S3 chip, disable it, install a 4mb PCI S3 card and you can probably recreate this.

Comment 1 rpotts 1999-09-03 18:12:03 UTC

Oops!  You are correct.  I meant to say 3.2-RELEASE with the Xfree86 that shipped with it.  Is that 3.3.3.1?

Sheldon Hearn  wrote: 
>On Fri, 03 Sep 1999 07:58:47 MST, rpotts@1bigred.com wrote:
>
>> >Release:        3.3.2
>
>There's no such release. Could you specify exactly what you're trying to
>install. 3.2-RELEASE, perhaps?
>
>Ciao,
>

Comment 2 hoek freebsd_committer

2000-05-16 18:22:10 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->yokota


As submitter notes, this is probably an X problem, and newer releases of 
XFree86 now exist that may fix the problem. 

However, I'll let you have a look at this first and close it yourself.

Comment 3 rpotts 2000-09-29 21:02:26 UTC

You are correct.  I did some more research on the Xfree86 Website.  Based on
what I know is the initial server VGA16 during the setup phase, I tested this
out on a newer version running from Mandrake linux 7.0.  Same problem.  Please
close this and I will take it up with the Xfree86 team.

Sorry it took so long.

Ross Potts

Comment 4 Eric Anholt freebsd_committer

2002-07-29 07:27:29 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

This was assigned to me, but is about a card-specific probelm in a very old  
version of X.  It should be fixed in recent XFree (3.3.6 or hopefully 4.2.0)