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27182818284

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Registered: 2007-06-10

Posts: 16

Weird tty console problem if I leave X (e g I press ctrl+alt+F1)

Hello,

I have a weird problem with my console.  When I leave Xorg, by pressing ctrl+alt+F1 for example to get to a console, the console is a horrible mess.  It is a working console, but it looks so terrible you cannot recognize a single character.  Little multi-colored squares are all around the screen and some are blinking representing the cursor.  The conosle however, still works as I can blindly type things like top and press enter and watch the squares dance as top runs.

Anyone heard of this problem before?

Thanks and sorry for posting so much in the forums,
e^1

ataraxia

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 1,553

Re: Weird tty console problem if I leave X (e g I press ctrl+alt+F1)

Are you using the proprietary nvidia driver? Somebody else was complaining of a similar problem with it earlier today.

27182818284

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Registered: 2007-06-10

Posts: 16

Re: Weird tty console problem if I leave X (e g I press ctrl+alt+F1)

Yes I am actually!  It is the older one, because it is the Riva TNT2 card, but yeah it is like the Nvidia legacy 7.xx something driver

ataraxia

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 1,553

Re: Weird tty console problem if I leave X (e g I press ctrl+alt+F1)

I'm actually using ATI myself, so I can't really follow up on this myself...

27182818284

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Registered: 2007-06-10

Posts: 16

Re: Weird tty console problem if I leave X (e g I press ctrl+alt+F1)

Yeah I believe it is a bug with the nvidia driver for that card.(Maybe others?) 

I switched to the nv driver and the problem hasn't come back.