Strange screen on shutdown

[Roger Grosswiler]

>> Roger Grosswiler wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> coming late with this issue, i know.
>>>
>>> Remarked yesterday, that if i shutdown my pc, i won't get the usual screen, where i see all services going down.
>>> there
>>> is a  corrupt screen with blue border and grey inside, the letters are not readable, i just see stripes, i just
> see, that almost all services are going down correctly due to green color (except one) :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> Roger
>>>
>>
>> I noticed the blue border surrounding the terminals when I tested for an
>>   Intel 815 card. (Rawhide).
>>
>> To me, this sounds like the screen driver that is responsible for the virtual terminal and not the driver for X.
> (Probably wrong though)
>>
>> You probably should find out your video card using /sbin/lspci and checking bugzilla for the blue border problem.
>>
>> At least the computer shuts down, though barely readable display is not a nice feature.
>>
>> I had the blue border on a CRT monitor. With your washed out screen, it sounds like you are using an LCD display.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>
>
> in fact, it is a lcd-display. my driver is a s3:
> VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86C380 [ProSavageDDR K4M266] (rev 02)
>
no bug in bugzilla. is this worth making one? i am not sure, if this would be reproducable for others...

Roger