>Number:         11025
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       wscons screen updating broken
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep 15 01:17:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Antti Kantee
>Release:        -current after September 10th 2000
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD bobafett.localhost.fi 1.5E NetBSD 1.5E (BOBAFETT) #25: Fri Sep 15 10:36:32 EEST 2000 pooka@bobafett.localhost.fi:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/BOBAFETT i386

>Description:

The console screen updating acts really weird. After the first few lines
from the kernel (copyright, cpu, etc.) the screen seems to freeze. The next
time something happens is when I see the login prompt. I can login (not
that the screen updates anymore), and start X and get out of trouble. If I
return to eg. reboot, I have to do it once again ``with a blindfold on''.

>How-To-Repeat:

Boot -current at least on my laptop (hp omnibook xe2) and observe.

>Fix:

workaround:
Seems like Luke's suggestion of removing the call to vga_setscreentype()
in dev/ic/vga.c:vga_init() makes the problem go away.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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