Debian (Ubuntu) question - CTL-ALT-Fn to switch consoles

[Net Llama!]

On 06/10/2006 07:37 PM, David Bandel wrote:
> On 6/10/06, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 6/10/06, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>> > On 06/10/2006 05:54 PM, Collins Richey wrote:
>> > > On 6/10/06, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>> > >> On 06/10/2006 10:48 AM, Collins Richey wrote:
>> > >> > Replying to my own post.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > This gets weirder and weirder.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > If I switch to tty1, 5, or 6, the console operates normally, If I
>> > >> > which to tty2-4, the behavior is as described above.
>> > >> >
>> > >>
>> > >> This wasn't happening on the Breezy installations that I did.  Perhaps
>> > >> this is an X driver issue where the console isn't getting properly restored?
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > > Very likely. All the reported problems I've found (very old, 2002 the
>> > > latest) are X driver problems. There aren't any recent reports, and
>> > > thus far I've drawn no commens on the Ubuntu forum. It's a good thing
>> > > this is not critical.
>> > >
>> >
>> > Which X driver are you using?
>> >
>>
>> sis. It's an onboard video chip that has been totally reliable for
>> everything else.
>>
> 
> Might have seemed reliable, but SIS is the flakiest video chip I've
> ever had the misfortune to have foisted on me.  I would never
> willingly use a SIS video chip and have often had to buy a decent
> video card and turn off the motherboard video support.

Good news is that SiS will likely be out of business or bought within a 
year or so.  Their market share has been shrinking for years, and 
they're virtually non-existent at this point in new motherboards.


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