Often when initiating a VT switch, an existing X server will begin flashing blue and white, and I have to reboot to get a usable server up again. It seems like it loses the mode it's using. This sometimes happens when switching from X to console, but more often when a new X server is spawned from gdm-user-switch-applet. Hardware is a G965 driving a ViewSonic VX924 over DVI through an ADD2 card. I'm assigning this to the i810 driver, but I suppose it could be the xserver, too. I'll attach the two logs from the last time this happened.
Created attachment 322950 [details] 1st server being switched from
Created attachment 322951 [details] 2nd server being switched to
Created attachment 322952 [details] xorg.conf
Interesting. When I boot with a vesa fb (vga=789 or such), I have yet to see the flashing blue/white mode.
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