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Subject: Re: PROBLEM: virtual console corruption (2.4.1/p4/radeon/XFree86
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>I believe you, although... why doesn't it happen with 2.2.17? vconsole
>buffers in a different place in memory, I suppose?

Vgacon has pretty much not changed. As for going from graphics mode and
back it is quite complex and the X server handles all of it.

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