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On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 05:52:48PM -0500, Michael wrote:
> Hello,
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> in order to restore a usable console when XFree86 exits I started to add
> some cleanup stuff to ofb (mainly to reload the font after switching=20
> from bitmapped to terminal emulation mode ), but since XFree86 doesn't=20
> always clean up behind itself I'm looking for a way to tell OpenFirmware=
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> to restore the video settings - reset-screen and fb8-reset-screen=20
> apparently don't do anything, at least not on my S900 ( OF 1.0.5 ) - is=
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> there anything else to try?

I'd suggest forgetting OF and just making sure X and enough of the kernel=
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knows how to clean up after itself. We are the only OS on the mac that=20
expects to call into OF after boot, and I'm concerned that in the long run=
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we'll run into problems.

Take care,

Bill

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