Re: console.c: scrolling bug found

Rob horton (robh@indy.net)
Sat, 17 Feb 1996 01:17:44 -0500 (EST)


On Fri, 16 Feb 1996, Iain Riley wrote:

> >
> >
> > Just out of curiosity, what type of video card were you talking about? I
> > know many, many Linux users that don't have this problem. I am the only one
> > here with the problem and I am also the only person using a Trident 8900CL
> > video card. Is the card buggy?
> >
> > Zach R. Amsden (amsden+@andrew.cmu.edu)
> >
> >
> >
> I also have this problem, but I have a Cirrus Logic 5428 Card. A possibly
> related problem is the console corruption that occurs when a lot of scrolling
> takes place on a VT which is not the currently displayed one. This results
> in a corrupt VT and possible memory corruption. eg libc. This seems to be
> triggered when swapping is also occuring.
>
>
> Iain Riley
> --
> iain@iinet.net.au
>
>
I also have the cirrus card, and get the samevideo corruption.
robh@indy.net