Verily did Robert Dobbs write:

> just installed pcvt

> any use of 'loadfont' makes my screen fill with garbage.  looks like 
> non-interpreted codes as I used to see when adm3as were setup incorrectly.
> this on a matrox video card.  ideas?

> can I switch screens once I've fired up an xserver?  F9-F12 are caught
> by X and ignored.  scon -c 2 gives ioctl VGASETSCREEN failed: Inappropriate 
> ioctl for device.

Alt-Ctrl-F2 works for me, but it's full of garbage as well from loadfont.

Did you ever find out more about the loadfont vs. Matrox issue?  I haven't
had time lately to check into it (been busy recompiling the world with 1.1).

I plan on tinkering with this soon (as I told Hellmuth), but I don't want to
re-invent efforts that you've done.

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