[arachne] Re: Arachne on ubuntu server

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On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:43:38 +0000, Udo Kuhnt wrote:

> From: David Kuntadi <d.kuntadi@xxxxxxxxx>

>> Now I have another problem, when I quit arachne I could not get back
>> to prompt, it just give me blank screen. I tried to issue command but
>> it did not response. But the keyboard is still responseive, I could
>> restart using ctrl+alt+del. The weird thing is I could not get to
>> another console using alt+F2, but I could remote login from other
>> computer using ssh.

> Hi David,

> it's a known problem that Linux cannot restore the text mode after
> something bad happens in graphics mode. SVGALIB provides a means to
> overcome this, though. Run 'savetextmode' before starting Arachne, and
> 'restoretextmode' if it fails to restore the screen mode. I have set
> up DOSLinux to automatically run savetextmode during start-up, and
> written a little script called 'tm' that calls restoretextmode so I
> can quickly type it when I need it.

> Regards,

> Udo

These settings at the bottom of libvga.config _should_ help with that.

 VesaText       # Helps the VESA driver with text mode restoration
        # problems.
 VesaSave 14       # changing value might help text mode restoring
        # problems with VESA driver. Legal values: 0-15

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