(This replies to two threads: One from June 14, the other from June 16
through the 23rd (so far).)

I, too, have noise on my ASCII (wscons) console when I exit the stock X
server for v1.4.

I am using the XF86_S3V for my STB Nitro 3D (ViRGE/GX) card.  (Manuel
recommended the S3 driver helped with the card S3-968 basedd card that
Brian was using.)


I, however, have a new twist to offer:

Sometimes (NOT everytime), garbage characters seem to be stuffed into the
wscons input stream.  I can erase them with backspace or ^U.  If I don't
erase them, they will cause the first post-X command to be garbled.

I did not experience this with either of the previous NetBSD versions that
I ran (v1.3 and v1.3.3---same card and the respective S3V servers).  Under
v1.3*, I used the default console handler.  Under v1.4, I also use the
default (which is, of course, wscons now).

I get the display noise consistantly, everytime that I exit.  It does not
matter whether I quit X by using <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Backspace> or if I quit by
killing the last program started by xinitrc (in this case, an XTerm).

Since the noise on the input stream is not consistant, I don't know if it
might be affected by how I quit X.


  "I probably don't know what I'm talking about." --rauch@eecs.ukans.edu