Misterious Xorg 6.8.1 keyboard problem

[Sergei Mutovkin]

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 17:53:09 -0500, Anton Markov <anton at truxtar.com> wrote:
> Hmm, I've had similar problems when using the framebuffer device with
> DRM drivers. It seems like the framebuffer is displaying the content of
> the video memory, without actually updating it. That would explain the
> "screenshot" effect.
> 
> I am currently seeing this when running xcompmgr and switching to
> another VT. However, switching back to the X server's VT allows me to
> keep working, but I can't switch to a text-based console.
> 
> Anyone else have any idea why these problems happen?
> 
> --
> Anton Markov <("anton" + "@" + "truxtar" + "." + "com")>

What I have here is:
- TimeSys Linux 2.4.18 with bootsplash.org patch to allow for progress
bar to be displayed
- Xorg 6.8.1 (vesa driver)
- Framebuffer @ vga=791 (vesa)

1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty vc/1 9600
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty vc/2 9600
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty vc/3 9600
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty vc/4 9600
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty vc/5 9600
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty vc/6 9600
x:5:once:/etc/init.d/XServer start

I can do, Ctrl-Alt-F{2,3,4,5,6}, however once Ctrl-Alt-F1 is pressed
my system no longer responds to keyboard. However, I know that if I
boot with vanila 2.4.25 Ctrl-Alt-F1 displays uncleared boot splash
screen ("Enter" clears it and system login is visible). So terminal is
locked once tty1 is switched on...

Sergei