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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 18:12:55 +1000 (EST)
From: Ada T Lim <ada@not-enough.bandwidth.org>
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To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: bios screensaver screws up screen
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>Number:         3857
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       bios screensaver screws up screen
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jun 13 01:20:01 PDT 1997
>Closed-Date:    Sun Apr 12 04:40:47 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:  Sun Apr 12 04:40:56 PDT 1998
>Originator:     Ada T Lim
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
generic intel 486dx2-66
et4000w32p_rev_b - 2mb ram
12mb ram
>Description:
After screen enters screensaving mode (green) and then snapping back out again,
the screen characters are all mucked up, as if something's overwritten the
fontmap.

reloading the font with vidcontrol fixes it.

>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Create a script to run vidcontrol *shrug*
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: phk 
State-Changed-When: Sun Apr 12 04:40:47 PDT 1998 
State-Changed-Why:  
timed out 
>Unformatted:
--- Misfiled followup follows ---
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 09:06:13 +0900
From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
To: ada@not-enough.bandwidth.org
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 13 Jun 1997 18:12:55 +1000."
             <199706130812.SAA25854@polya.blah.org> 
Subject: Re: i386/3857: bios screensaver screws up screen 
References: <199706130812.SAA25854@polya.blah.org> 


If this is caused by BIOS, we can do very little about it.

Your BIOS may offer serveral ways to blank the display. How about
trying alternate settings.

Kazu
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