From: Karl London (Karl.London@p99.f9.n440.z2.fidonet.org)
Date: 02/28/93


From: Karl.London@p99.f9.n440.z2.fidonet.org (Karl London)
Subject: Re: Xfree386 1.2 w/hga2 blank text mode
Date: 28 Feb 1993 07:59:00 GMT


> I'm running the TAMU kernal (99pl4), but just pulled the latest Xfree386
> from the SLS distro because I have a herc monitor and have been waiting
> for the hga2 driver.
 
> It comes up and runs X with no problems. It's fast, and the text is
> nice and clear on my "orange" monitor. It's fast, too. real nice job.
 
> The 'but' is, that when I exit X, all my screens are blank. Nothing
> shows at all. The same thing happens if I do a ctrl-alt-F2. Not only
> does the screen go blank, but I can't switch back to X either.
 
> The system is still running. I can log in as root, and halt the system
> ok.
 
> Anyone have this same problem? Any ideas?
 
> Art
 
Hi,
  Well I'm running Xfree 1.2 off SLS under HERC, and I can't get it to
switch into text mode with Ctrl-Alt-Fx, I just get a blank screen, but I
can switch back to the X screen with Alt-F7...
 
 Anybody know how to fix this!!!
 
Karl