From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0) Description of problem: I'm using Redhat 9, every time I switch between the terminal and the graphical screen and back, my terminal screen will use other characters instead of the character it used to use. I have this problem with my own version of a cash register program, but I'm having olso the sam problem with Midnight commander. I'm using a mainboard with the intel 845i chipset and the onboard video adapter. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.log in graphically 2.switch to terminal 3.log in and start up midnight commander 4.switch back to graphical 5.switch back to terminal and the character have changed Actual Results: the characters are disorted and have changed Additional info:
Attach your X server log and config file. It sounds like perhaps the video driver isn't saving and restoring the video hardware properly on VT switches. You may also want to report this bug upstream at http://bugs.xfree86.org for potentially faster resolution.
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