Re: Linux 2.5.71 - random console corruption

James Simmons (jsimmons@infradead.org)
Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:27:35 +0100 (BST)


> I'm seeing corruption on the screen if I use anything that scrols like
> pine or menuconfig.
>
> It goes away if I disable preempt.

Preempt and the VT console system are not friends. There are way to many
global variables which have there states altered in many spots.

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