On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 03:09:46PM -0500, Blair Sadewitz wrote:
> When I exit XFree86 or switch to another VT, my 80x50 text modes
> appear as 80x25.  If my first VT is 80x25, I can switch to it and
> switch back to another VT, and the 80x50 text reappears again.

I have ttyE0 with 80x25 text, and ttyE6 with 80x50 text. If I start X from
ttyE0, I can switch to ttyE6 and the 80x50 mode is properly restored. So I
would say that i can't repeat your problem, if I understand it correctly.

This is XFree86 4.5.0 from NetBSD, kernel 3.1_RC1.

Pavel