it appears that running startx makes the ttys lose font settings, maybe other stuff.. basically the screen switches to a term with the default font, but the old number of columns and rows (i'm using a 8x9 font, instead of 8x16) typing clear will bring the current line to the top of the screen, reset does not fix the problem Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. startx 2. quit x 3. try to use cli Actual Results: text does not scroll properly, font reset to 8x16, screen cols and rows still appropriate for 8x9 Expected Results: text should scroll correctly paul@jennifer grub $ emerge info Portage 2.0.50-r8 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0, 2.6.7-gentoo-r8) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7-gentoo-r8 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=pentium4 -march=pentium4 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=pentium4 -march=pentium4 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.ccccom.com/ http://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/gentoo/ http://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X berkdb crypt doc gdbm gif innodb java mbox mmx mysql ncurses pam perl pic pwdb readline sasl sse ssl threads truetype x86 zlib" paul@jennifer grub $ cat /etc/X11/XF86Config Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "XFree86 Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" EndSection Section "Module" Load "record" Load "extmod" Load "dbe" Load "dri" Load "glx" Load "xtrap" Load "type1" Load "speedo" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "Auto" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" EndSection Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 400 300 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "SAM" ModelName "SyncMaster" DisplaySize 393 295 HorizSync 30.0 - 115.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0 Modeline "1600x1200@88" 320.00 1600 1632 2840 2872 1200 1222 1239 1261 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" ### [arg]: arg optional #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] #Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>] #Option "ColorKey" # <i> #Option "CacheLines" # <i> #Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>] #Option "DRI" # [<bool>] #Option "NoDDC" # [<bool>] #Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>] #Option "XvMCSurfaces" # <i> Identifier "Card0" Driver "i810" VendorName "Intel Corp." BoardName "82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Integrated Graphics Device" BusID "PCI:0:2:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 # SubSection "Display" # Depth 1 # EndSubSection # SubSection "Display" # Depth 4 # EndSubSection # SubSection "Display" # Depth 8 # EndSubSection # SubSection "Display" # Depth 15 # EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1600x1200@88" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1600x1200@88" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Group 0 EndSection paul@jennifer grub $ sudo cat grub.conf Password: default 0 timeout 15 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/robin.xpm.gz title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.7-gentoo-r8 root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-2.6.7-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/md2 title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.7-gentoo-r8 (second disk) root (hd1,0) kernel /kernel-2.6.7-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/md2 paul@jennifer grub $ env MANPATH=/usr/share/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3/man:/usr/X11R6/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3/man:/usr/X11R6/man::/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.1/man:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.1/man INFODIR=/usr/share/info:/usr/X11R6/info HOSTNAME=jennifer TERM=xterm SHELL=/bin/bash SSH_CLIENT=10.0.0.10 4094 22 OLDPWD=/ SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/0 USER=paul LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:ex=01;32:*.cmd=01;32:*.exe=01;32:*.com=01;32:*.btm=01;32:*.bat=01;32:*.sh=01;32:*.csh=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.pdf=00;32:*.ps=00;32:*.txt=00;32:*.log=00;32:*.tex=00;32:*.doc=00;32:*.mp3=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.ogg=00;36: PYTHONDOCS=/usr/share/doc/python-docs-2.3.3/html CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK=/etc/terminfo PAGER=/usr/bin/less XINITRC=/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc MAIL=/var/mail/paul PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.3:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.1/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.1/jre/bin GLIBC_SSP_CHECKED=1 INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc PWD=/boot/grub JAVA_HOME=/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.1 EDITOR=/bin/nano JAVAC=/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.1/bin/javac PS1=\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h \[\033[01;34m\]\W \$ \[\033[00m\] CXX=g++ JDK_HOME=/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.1 SHLVL=1 HOME=/home/paul LESS=-R LOGNAME=paul CVS_RSH=ssh CLASSPATH=. SSH_CONNECTION=10.0.0.10 4094 10.0.0.30 22 LESSOPEN=|lesspipe.sh %s INFOPATH=/usr/share/info:/usr/share/gcc-data/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3/info CC=gcc CONFIG_PROTECT=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb _=/bin/env paul@jennifer grub $ cat /etc/rc.conf # /etc/rc.conf: Global startup script configuration settings # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/rc.conf,v 1.22 2003/10/21 06:09:42 vapier Exp $ # Use KEYMAP to specify the default console keymap. There is a complete tree # of keymaps in /usr/share/keymaps to choose from. This setting is used by the # /etc/init.d/keymaps script. KEYMAP="us" # Should we first load the 'windowkeys' console keymap? Most x86 users will # say "yes" here. Note that non-x86 users should leave it as "no". SET_WINDOWKEYS="yes" # The maps to load for extended keyboards. Most users will leave this as is. EXTENDED_KEYMAPS= #EXTENDED_KEYMAPS="backspace keypad" # CONSOLEFONT specifies the default font that you'd like Linux to use on the # console. You can find a good selection of fonts in /usr/share/consolefonts; # you shouldn't specify the trailing ".psf.gz", just the font name below. # To use the default console font, comment out the CONSOLEFONT setting below. # This setting is used by the /etc/init.d/consolefont script (NOTE: if you do # not want to use it, run "rc-update del consolefont" as root). CONSOLEFONT="default8x9" # CONSOLETRANSALTION is the charset map file to use. Leave commented to use # the default one. Have a look in /usr/share/consoletrans for a selection of # map files you can use. #CONSOLETRANSLATION="8859-1_to_uni" # Set CLOCK to "UTC" if your system clock is set to UTC (also known as # Greenwich Mean Time). If your clock is set to the local time, then set CLOCK # to "local". This setting is used by the /etc/init.d/clock script. CLOCK="UTC" # Set EDITOR to your preferred editor. EDITOR="/bin/nano" #EDITOR="/usr/bin/vim" #EDITOR="/usr/bin/emacs" # Set PROTOCOLS to the protocols that you plan to use. Gentoo Linux will only # enable module auto-loading for these protocols, eliminating annoying module # not found errors. # # NOTE: Do NOT uncomment the next lines, but add them to 'PROTOCOLS=...' line!! # # Num Protocol # 1: Unix # 2: IPv4 # 3: Amateur Radio AX.25 # 4: IPX # 5: DDP / appletalk # 6: Amateur Radio NET/ROM # 9: X.25 # 10: IPv6 # 11: ROSE / Amateur Radio X.25 PLP # 19: Acorn Econet # Most users want this: PROTOCOLS="1 2" #For IPv6 support: #PROTOCOLS="1 2 10" # What display manager do you use ? [ xdm | gdm | kdm | entrance ] #DISPLAYMANAGER="xdm" # XSESSION is a new variable to control what window manager to start # default with X if run with xdm, startx or xinit. The default behavior # is to look in /etc/X11/Sessions/ and run the script in matching the # value that XSESSION is set to. The support scripts is smart enouth to # look in all bin directories if it cant find a match in /etc/X11/Sessions/, # so setting it to "enligtenment" can also work. This is basically used # as a way for the system admin to configure a default system wide WM, # allthough it will work if the user export XSESSION in his .bash_profile, etc. # # NOTE: 1) this behaviour is overridden when a ~/.xinitrc exists, and startx # is called. # 2) even if a ~/.xsession exist, if XSESSION can be resolved, it will # be executed rather than ~/.xsession, else KDM breaks ... # # Defaults depending on what you install currently include: # # Gnome - will start gnome-session # kde-<version> - will start startkde (ex: kde-3.0.2) # Xsession - will start a terminal and a few other nice apps #XSESSION="Gnome" paul@jennifer grub $ grep WW /var/log/XFree86.0.log (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory) (WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum (WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f11 not supported. (WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum (WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum (WW) I810(0): Set VBE Mode rejected this modeline. (WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f61 not supported. (WW) I810(0): Setting the original video mode instead of restoring paul@jennifer grub $ grep EE /var/log/XFree86.0.log (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER (--) I810(0): IO registers at addr 0xEE000000 paul@jennifer grub $ grep NI /var/log/XFree86.0.log (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. paul@jennifer grub $ grep ?? /var/log/XFree86.0.log (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. paul@jennifer grub $ sudo su -c lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03) 0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03) 0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB 2.0 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82) 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Bridge (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) UltraATA-100 IDE Controller (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 0000:01:04.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20268 (Ultra100 TX2) (rev 02) 0000:01:09.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
re-running /etc/init.d/consolefont fixes the issue... presumably this is a problem with the video card driver please let me know if there's any further info or testing i should do
system changed (reinstall), not reproduceable anymore
