On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 16:45 -0500, Frank wrote: > I'm running FC3 and have all the latest updates installed. System boots > nicely into X and everything works except that if I change to one of the > text consoles (alt-F1) the screen is filled with gibberish with > different attributes (colours, blinking, reverse, etc.). The display is > identical on all consoles. Same here, I'm running FC3 fully updated PIII 866 on a Tyan s1854 MB. GForce video card still using the stock "nv" driver. I've noticed on most bootups this is the case, but not always. Makes trying to install Nvidia drivers a little interesting. It's almost like I can see some of the effects of X even when in the console. This has been happening since the fresh install. > > This worked fine a few days ago. Since then I have installed FC3 > updates, and attempted to install a Matrox video driver. It told me > that my kernel is unsupported, so I am still running the generic VESA > driver. Not sure that any of that should matter on a text console... > > What could cause this? > > Frank. > -- P. Marvin Eberly <eberlyml@xxxxxxxx>
