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[cyoung at bbnplanet.com (Chuck Young)]

Rahim,

I also use the S3 Virge.  What video mode do you boot into?

FWIW, I noticed when I did not use the default console mode, I was seeing
what you are reporting after shutting down X.  When I used mode 0, all was
well.

Anything like this going on with you?

Chuck Young
GTE Internetworking

On Mon, 22 Feb 1999 rsemy at csc.com wrote:

> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:10:28 -0500
> From: rsemy at csc.com
> To: discuss at Blu.Org
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a Pentium 233 MMX with a S3 Virge video card.  Over the weekend, I
> setup a newer kernel (2.0.35) and X.
> 
> I managed to setup X so that I could use 8, 16, 24, and 32 bit modes.
> However, after I enter some of the  modes, the character set is screwed up
> when I return to text-only mode.  All the text that was on the screen is a
> wierd character and anything I type also appears as a unexpected character.
> The only mode that has been "stable" is 8-bit.
> 
> Could anyone suggest a reason as to why?  Better yet, can anyone suggest a
> solution?
> 
> Also, does anyone know if Linux supports IOMEGA Zip drives?
> 
> - Rahim
> 
> 
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