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restoretextmode(1)	       Svgalib User Manual	      restoretextmode(1)

NAME
     restoretextmode - save or restore the SVGA registers for textmode.

SYNOPSIS
     restoretextmode {-r|-w} filename

DESCRIPTION
     The  state  of  the  SVGA is written to or restored from filename using the
     vga_gettextmoderegs(3) and vga_settextmoderegs(3) functions.

     As of this writing this file is 385 bytes long but this might  change  with
     future versions.

     Please  do  not  fiddle  with the contents of the file except when you know
     what you do. It might even result in hardware damage. Because of that,  you
     should think twice to make this command available to all users on your sys-
     tem.

     The  purpose  of  this program is usually to recover from a crashed console
     due to an svgalib, Xfree or other program bug. First save the state of  the
     SVGA  card  when on a text console. After the crash restore this state. The
     savetextmode(1) and textmode(1) script makes this procedure very easy.

OPTIONS
     -w filename
	    write the SVGA state to the file filename.

     -r filename
	    restore the SVGA state from the file filename.

SEE ALSO
     svgalib(7), vgagl(7),  libvga.config(5),  vga_gettextmoderegs(3),	vga_set-
     textmoderegs(3), dumpreg(1), convfont(1), fix132x43(1), restorefont(1), re-
     storepalette(1), runx(1), savetextmode(1), setmclk(1), textmode(1).

AUTHOR
     This  manual  page  was  edited  by Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-es-
     sen.de>. The exact source of the referenced utility as well as of the orig-
     inal documentation is unknown.

     It is very likely that both are at least to some extent  are  due	to  Harm
     Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaayer@inter.nl.net>.

     Occasionally this might be wrong. I hereby asked to be excused by the orig-
     inal  author  and	will happily accept any additions or corrections to this
     first version of the svgalib manual.

Svgalib (>= 1.2.11)		   2 Aug 1997		      restoretextmode(1)

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