[Virtual-pkg-base-maintainers] Bug#537421: base: Going to tty1, etc shows gibberish on HP G50 Laptop!

[Deniz Akcal]

Yes it happens in Lenny (64-bit) and it happened in Ubuntu 8.10 (32-bit). I haven't used any other operating system on that laptop.

deniz at debian:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) Thermal Subsystem (rev 03)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
deniz at debian:~$

> From: holger at layer-acht.org
> To: denbian at live.com; 537421 at bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Bug#537421: base: Going to tty1, etc shows gibberish on HP G50 Laptop!
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:07:22 +0200
> 
> Hi Deniz,
> 
> On Samstag, 18. Juli 2009, Deniz Akcal wrote:
> > Only my laptop experiences this. I've also experienced this when using
> > Ubuntu 8.10. When I switch to tty1, if it shows gibberish I need to
> > switch back to the GUI then to tty2 or something then to tty1. If I go
> > GUI then back to tty1 if I recall correctly it is possible that my
> > computer freezes and I need to reboot manually.
> 
> So this happens on Debian Lenny too? Which graphics card are you using?
> 
> 
> regards,
> 	Holger

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