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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   /etc/vga/fontdata  and  /etc/vga/textregs
       ($HOME/.vga/fontdata and $HOME/.vga/textregs if directory  /etc/vga  is
       not writeable) or to restore it from these files.

       The  actual  utilities used are restorefont(1), restoretextmode(1), and
       restorepalette(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
       booting 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 network. 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

       /etc/vga/fontdata or $HOME/.vga/fontdata
       /etc/vga/textregs or $HOME/.vga/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-
       essen.de>. The exact source of the referenced utility as well as of the
       original 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
       original author and will happily accept any additions or corrections to
       this first version of the svgalib manual.