> I get just about the same thing. I don't have to do anything to cause it
> either. I just Ctrl-Alt-F1 out of X and be working on the
> console. Eventually X will die. I'm waiting for it right now so I can
> get the exact error message. I'm assuming it is an error with X not the
> kernel. It may just be provoked by the kernel by using the drm feature
> for the Voodoo (I don't see it at home with the Matrox G400, but I can't
> use drm with that card).
>
> The other thing that I see. Sometimes when I switch out of X to the
> console I get this pattern of black 'b's on a red background corrupting my
> display (my attempt to paste an example here with gpm didn't work so
> well).
Are you using fbdev as well? Just in case the fbdev driver is having a
race condition with drm. Otherwise it sounds like vgacon and drm are not
talking to each well enough :(
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