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savetextmode(1) Svgalib User Manual savetextmode(1) NAME savetextmode, textmode - save or restore the complete SVGA status for textmode. SYNOPSIS savetextmode textmode DESCRIPTION These are simple scripts to save the SVGA register state when in textmode to the files /tmp/fontdata and /tmp/textregs or to restore it from these files. The actual utilities used are restorefont(1), restoretextmode(1), and re- storepalette(1). The purpose of these scripts program is usually to recover from a crashed console due to an svgalib, Xfree or other program bug. You do this by being a smart guy and running savetextmode right after boot- ing of your machine, prior to any problems. Then, in case the SVGA state is hosed and you sit in front of a blank or useless console, change VC (maybe login) to get to a shell. Or exist the currently running program with <Ctrl>-C, <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<Backspace>, or whatever applies. Once you got a shell, run textmode and it will hopefully render your console useable again. To make it clear: You do all this while not seeing anything on your console screen, you enter this information blindly or after logging in from a net- work. Also, if the keyboard is left in raw mode, nothing can really help you as you cannot enter anything which a shell will understand. FILES /tmp/fontdata /tmp/textregs SEE ALSO svgalib(7), vgagl(7), libvga.config(5), dumpreg(1), convfont(1), fix132x43(1), restorefont(1), restoretextmode(1), restorepalette(1), runx(1), setmclk(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 savetextmode(1)
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