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.

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