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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

Resizecons is not my only problem with this Virge card - when I use an 
svgalib program (zgv) and exit the screen is covered with vertical stripes 
that won't go away with a reset.  I think the card is a problem, but so 
was the previous Trio64V (with resizecons).

The same chip can of course be used in different cards.

Has anyone else been using restoretextmode/resizecons with these or other 
video cards?  I don't seem to have these problems with ATI but have not 
checked it out very much.

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, sindi keesan wrote:

> I was able to use aliases as suggested to restore the console screen to where 
> it was before using Xvesa:
>
> alias x30='startx;resizecons 80x30'
> alias o30='xinit /etc/.xinitrc.opera -- /usr/X11R6/bin/Xvesa -screen 
> 1280x1024x16 -terminate; resizecons 80x30'
>
> This should also work for different charsets but I did not test it.
> Xvesa dumps this sort of information otherwise, unlike regular X.
>
> To use 80x30 columns first boot (BL2 or BL3 with the BL2 kernel) with loadlin 
> but append vga=ask to the loadlin line.  You will probably need kbd.tgz to 
> get restoretextmode and resizecons programs.
>
> Choose the mode you want during boot and after booting mkdir 
> /usr/lib/kbd/videomodes.  Let's say for example 80x30.  Mode 3 (?).
>
> cd /usr/lib/kbd/videomodes
>
> restoretextmode -w 80x30
>
> You will then have a file 80x30 in .../videomodes.
>
> In the case of S3 Virge the screen will go blank except for the cursor but 
> you can then type resizecons 80x30 and get it back.
>
> Reboot for every mode you want (including 80x25 to start with) and repeat the 
> procedure.
>
> I had to resizecons 4 times to get 80x30 to actually fill the 17" screen (S3 
> Virge) otherwise it showed fewer than 30 lines, but in the expected smaller 
> font. On a 15" screen I think it took only 3 loadings (with S3 Trio64V).  I 
> was able to put resizecons 80x30 three times in a row in rc.S to get it 
> working right.
>
> Maybe different video cards and monitors would do it better.
>
> The Xvesa alias works fine to get back your original (or even some other) 
> video mode.
>
> Restoretextmode is not working well, however, at least with S3 Trio64V and S3 
> Virge.  With the former I lose my cursor in other virtual terminals after 
> resizing one console.  With the latter, after I resize the console and even 
> resize it back to where it was, the two MDA vts no longer work at all (cannot 
> log in) and the second VGA console works but the cursor is misplaced until 
> after you login.  Maybe the dual-monitor setup is the problem here.  Xvesa 
> was not the cause of these problems as I originally thought.  I may limit my 
> use of resizecons (not put it in rc.S) and just use it to go online with a 
> text browser where I need more columns.
>
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