From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 24 04:52:55 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B69F0106564A for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:52:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfarmer@predatorlabs.net) Received: from mail-qy0-f175.google.com (mail-qy0-f175.google.com [209.85.216.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B5368FC12 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:52:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk8 with SMTP id 8so2262362qyk.13 for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:52:54 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.80.143 with SMTP id t15mr3735723qak.41.1295843355052; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:29:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.198.138 with HTTP; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:29:15 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [128.95.133.30] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:29:15 -0800 Message-ID: From: Rob Farmer To: LOL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD-Current Subject: Re: Cannot switch tty's after install xorg, gnome and gdm X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:52:55 -0000 On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 07:32, LOL wrote: > Hi guys. > On every release of freebsd that i tried (-CURRENT, -STABLE, -RELEASE) > everything goes fine until I install xorg, gdm and gnome by packages > or not it does not make any difference. When I boot with > gnome_enable="YES" , and gdm start, when I try to change tty, on every > tty, its a black screen and my monitor tell me, power saving mode > enable until I switch back to gdm. I installed the xf86-video-ati > driver and I have an ati radeon HD 5770. The correct driver for recent ATI cards is xf86-video-radeonhd. And try the WITHOUT_NOUVEAU knob as David suggests. ports or x11 are better lists for this - current is for things in the base system. -- Rob Farmer