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> to them with two different chipsets (I fixed the problem in the glint
> driver - thanks Nathan for testing it!), so I'm starting to wonder here
> if this was a concious decision by XFree86 team.
> 
> If we're the victims here, then do we have an official channel where we
> can tell the XFree86 team, "Hey, guys, can you please make sure all of
> your card drivers save and restore the VGA palette correctly?".

Ken,

The problem also appears on Chips and Technologies card (Toshiba laptop)
and NVidia TNT2.  So, I think, it may not work for any other cards.

	kind regards

		- Adam