From: Vince Skahan (vince@halcyon.com)
Date: 07/14/92


From: vince@halcyon.com (Vince Skahan)
Subject: 096c-patch1 bug (?)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1992 05:43:14 GMT

first, thanks Linus for patch1...now I can get this-here-junk
VGA card into 80x50 mode...

But I've noticed a couple wierdnesses...
        - when I first booted the pl1 kernel, I selected '0' fro
                80x25 mode and everything hung totally. I waited
                for a sync and hit TheBigGrayButton (:-))

        - the next time up, I tried 80x50 and it looked fine.

        - for grins, I went back to 80x25 via a reboot
                (sync and hit-the-button) and it came up
                ok, but eventually the consoles hung again totally,
                requiring a sync and reboot

Is this a known problem in the 096c-pl1 kernel?

Also, I noticed very wierd things with the 096c consoles in vi
that didn't occur in 095a+ or various 096b versions...basically
the consoles get wierd to the point of cr/lf not doing the lf.
A stty sane fixes it temporarily, but eventually even the getty
window gets wierd.

It seemed that I could create this one at will by using 'more'
on a more-than-one-screen file.

Again, I'm at 096c mcc-interim...

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          Vince Skahan                          vince@halcyon.com (here)
    vince@atc.boeing.com (work)             vince@victrola.sea.wa.us (home)