>Number:         8545
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       wscons corrupts X display
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people (Kernel Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Oct  4 00:20:00 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Charles M. Hannum
>Organization:
        Internetwork Hacker
>Release:        -current
>Environment:
        i386 or alpha with VGA display

>Description:
	When text output occurs to the tty that the X server is
	running on, wscons will change the VGA panning registers,
	causing the X display to wrap around the screen and/or scroll
	upward.

>How-To-Repeat:
        Run X.  `echo foo >/dev/ttyE0', or whichever virtual terminal
        the X server is started on.

>Fix:
        None provided.

>Audit-Trail:
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