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[Peter Belew <abcruzww@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
  
- This is regarding Lucid alpha-3 as updated to today, a few days before
- the beta release.
+ This is still happening with Lucid beta-1 as updated to 2019-03-27. See
+ comment #6 - there is some kernel dependency, as this doesn't happen
+ when Karmic kernels are used.
  
  When I try to switch to a console with, say ctrl-alt-F2, I get a
  distorted, magnified background image with a large text cursor. Text
  typed does not show, but the cursor moves. ALT-F7 allows return to the
  graphics display.
  
  Also, when booting in rescue mode, the screen goes into this state
  before it allows root login, so any commands typed after this have to be
  typed blindly. I WAS able to execute 'Xorg -configure' in this state, in
  order to get a minimal xorg.conf file, to determine that the openchrome
  driver was in fact going to be used. I did not create an xorg.conf file
  for this system, however. (The system seems to detect the ViewSonic E771
  tube monitor's resolution properly, usually. Sometimes this fails, and X
  starts in 800x600 mode).
  
  Ubuntu version and kernel version
  DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
  DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
  DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
  DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu lucid (development branch)"
  Linux lightning 2.6.32-16-generic #25-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 9 16:33:52 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
  model name	: VIA Samuel 2
  cpu MHz		: 798.000
  
  The motherboard is a Jetway 625EMPxxx or 625EMWxxx.
  
  I will be attaching a photo of the screen in this distorted text mode.
  
  Also, when I try to boot in normal mode with the new 2.6.32-16-generic
  kernel, I get a blank screen initially - ALT-F7 will put the screen in
  text mode (at least it did once). So there is a booting problem now,
  which I didn't experience till today.
  
  I referred to this problem in Bug  #528767.

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Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623 [Apollo CLE266], boot problems
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538893
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