Bug 471368

Summary:	cannot switch to console when using vesa driver
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Vladimir Benes <vbenes>
Component:	xorg-x11-drv-vesa	Assignee:	Adam Jackson <ajax>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	desktop-bugs <desktop-bugs>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	5.3	CC:	kem, syeghiay
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Description Vladimir Benes 2008-11-13 10:15:16 UTC

Description of problem:
while X server is running you cannot see console after ctrl+alt+FX  

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-drv-vesa-1.3.0-8.1
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.1.1-48.51

GPU: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated graphics controller (rev0c) 
Laptop: Lenovo X61

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.start X server
2.press ctrl+alt+F1
3.
  
Actual results:
cannot see console

Expected results:
console should be visible

Additional info:

Comment 3 Kevin E. Martin 2008-11-14 20:57:03 UTC

Solution: Please use the native "intel" driver for the 965.
Closing.