[ale] Fedora Core 4 - VT switching problem

[Jerald Sheets]

You can also run the --nofb  (forno framebuffer) boot option to see  
if that gives you the  console back.

Check out google for "Fedora --nofb" for details.

It's more of a generic issue across several models than a specific  
issue on a certain card.

Jerald M. Sheets jr.
Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
The Weather Channel Interactive
404.293.8762



On Dec 11, 2005, at 6:28 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote:

> On Sun December 11 2005 2:56 am, Raylynn Knight wrote:
>> I have updated to Fedora Core 4 on an old Compag Deskpro EN with an
>> ATI 3D Rage Pro video card.  X is using the ati module with the
>> atimisc submodule.  When attempting to switch from X to a VT (i.e.
>> Ctrl-Alt-Fx where x is between 1 and 6) I get a mostly black screen
>> with smeared image of the X desktop in the top left quarter of the
>> screen and no visible cursor.  A google search has not proved very
>> helpful. Everything was fine with Fedora Core 3 and booting a
>> Knoppix 4 DVD allows access to VTs with no problems.  Any insight
>> into correcting this problem would be greatly appreciated.
>
> did you rerun the ATI driver install ?? every time I update my kernel
> in SUSE I have that same problem and have to reinstall the NVIDIA
> driver. Booting your Knoppix DVD shows that it finds and configures
> your video correctly, so probably all you need to do is reconfigure it
> in FC...
> -- 
> Paul Cartwright
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