walt wrote:

> Magnus <me@privacy.net> writes:
>
>> I am frequently using the console instead of X.
>>
>> I have been using both kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x though the same problem
>> appears rather often i.e. the bottom 1/3 of the console looks strange and
>> I can only use 2/3 of the console for editing and command line etc. It
>> does not help to type e.g. "clear" or "tput clear"...
>>
>> Is this a well known problem? I am not using any frame buffer features.
>
> I've never seen it. Does it affect all of the pseudo-terminals at the
> same time? If you log out and back in does the screen return to normal?
> Can you reproduce it the same way every time or is it random?


It is rather random (sometimes it happens after editing with vim, other
times it happens after reading a man-page).

If it happens to one of the pseudo-terminals the others are not affected.
Also after doing a logout and another login, the problem remains.

I removed CONSOLEFONT="lat9w-12" from /etc/rc.conf just to see if the
problem remains.

I will let you know if it remains.

Thanks,
Magnus