Re: Garbled screen
Thanks, but I have tried "reset" to no avail. X works OK, its console mode thats
garbled.
E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote:
> >
> > I have just got X running although only using VGA_16 server, but hope to
> > get SVGA server later. Now, I have annoying problem that when I exit X
> > my command mode display is garbled. Example: "command not found" is
> > displayed as "cmmad nt funnd" and "startx" is "sarrt". The commands are
> > working as I can go back to X and everything is OK , but after leaving X
> > ,display is again garbled and I must reboot to clear it. Anyone have any
> > pointers on where I might look to solve this? Thanks.
>
> This is the xserver not properly communicating with your hardware. You
> probably don't need to reboot to fix it however. Try the `reset'
> command in the console, that should do the trick.
>
> HTH,
> Eric
>
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