Confirmed on a Gateway Solo 2550 (8.04.1 Server)
Francisco L. Fernandez: You can get rid of the mouse "artifacts" by adding:
Option "HWCursor" "off"
to the Device section of your xorg.conf.
Adding fbcon and vga16fb to /etc/modules fixed the issue of a blank screen once leaving X.
Confirmed on a Gateway Solo 2550 (8.04.1 Server)
Francisco L. Fernandez: You can get rid of the mouse "artifacts" by adding:
Option "HWCursor" "off"
to the Device section of your xorg.conf.
Adding fbcon and vga16fb to /etc/modules fixed the issue of a blank screen once leaving X.