Hi,

 somewhere between 2.4.20-pre10-ac2 and 2.4.10-rc1-ac1 virtual consoles 
stopped working for me. It is not working in 2.4.20-ac1. I have been 
using the same (attached) .config for a long time.

 Any ideas? Hardware is a HP Omnibook 6100 with ATI "Mobility M6 LY" 
graphics.


mknoblau@knobi:/scratch/linux-kernel/linux-2.4.20-ac1-mkn> /sbin/lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub  (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BAM/CAM PCI Bridge (rev 41)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM SMBus (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility 
M6 LY
02:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 
(rev 12)
02:04.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics LT WinModem 
(rev 02)
02:05.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
02:05.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801CAM (ICH3) Chipset 
Ethernet Controller (rev 41)


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# Before you ask, the effect takes place with the vmware stuff absent
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mknoblau@knobi:/scratch/linux-kernel/linux-2.4.20-ac1-mkn> /sbin/lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: PF
vmnet                  18624   8
vmmon                  18804   5
snd-pcm-oss            34820   0 (autoclean)
snd-mixer-oss           9056   1 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
lp                      6400   0 (autoclean)
snd-maestro3           12388   1
snd-pcm                47744   0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-maestro3]
snd-timer               9856   0 [snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec         23364   0 [snd-maestro3]
snd                    23944   0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-maestro3 
snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec]
soundcore               3460   3 [snd]
parport_pc             25128   1
parport                22912   1 [lp parport_pc]
ds                      6560   2
yenta_socket            9504   2
pcmcia_core            37408   0 [ds yenta_socket]
joydev                  5920   0 (unused)
evdev                   4032   0 (unused)
input                   3232   0 [joydev evdev]
st                     26644   0 (autoclean) (unused)
sg                     29668   0 (autoclean)
usb-uhci               22308   0 (unused)
usbcore                57408   1 [usb-uhci]
af_packet              12936   1 (autoclean)
e100                   53432   1
ide-scsi                9216   1 (autoclean)


Thanks in advance
Martin
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Martin Knoblauch
Senior System Architect
MSC.software GmbH
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