[Bug 70403] Re: Strange loss of colors in text-mode terminal

[Phillip Susi]

This bug is rather old, are you still experiencing this today?


** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  Strange loss of colors in text-mode terminal

Status in “util-linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  It seems that if you leave a text-mode terminal alone for some time,
  it will go into a power-saving mode of some sort. I don't know how to
  otherwise describe it, so here are two pictures that show what I mean:

  http://test.thingmajig.org/25-08-07_0006.jpg - normal text-mode terminal
  http://test.thingmajig.org/25-08-07_0005.jpg - the same terminal after being left alone for a while, missing grey, blue and purple (note: the screen _does_ go fully blank after some time)

  Dapper simply blanked the entire screen instead of doing this, and I
  feel it's much better and less awkward that way. I actually don't know
  whether this is a bug, or a feature, or a change in default settings,
  but either way, I believe that this is worth looking at.

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