Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 02:13:50 -0400 From: Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Subject: Re: Second screen of dual-head comes up blank on 1st startx Message-ID: <200506210213.50336.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> In-Reply-To: <EA96DBACF7C55D1C84E82467@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> References: <200506201423.09024.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> <EA96DBACF7C55D1C84E82467@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local>
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On Monday 20 June 2005 03:40 pm, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On June 20, 2005 2:23:08 PM -0400 Steven Friedrich > > <FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> wrote: > > Since a recent portupgrade to XFree86 Version 4.5.0, my second head is > > coming up blank. Closing down X and restarting X brings it back up. > > > > From the logs: > > % diff XFree86.0.log* > > 16c16 > > < (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Mon Jun 20 14:17:36 2005 > > --- > > > >> (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Mon Jun 20 14:16:37 2005 > > > > 851a852,855 > > > >> (II) Entity 0 shares no resources > >> (II) Entity 1 shares no resources > >> (II) Entity 0 shares no resources > >> (II) Entity 1 shares no resources > > > > Anybody else seen this behaviour? > > I have a similar problem with Xorg 6.8.2 on FBSD 5.4. When X is first > started, or when I log out and back in, the right screen is blank. I have > to put the system to sleep (by changing the settings to 1 minute) and then > wake it back up to get the right screen to display. > I forgot to mention that I'm running a dual-head on a Matrox G550. I had previously been using mga_hal, but wasn't sure if I needed it after reading a readme supplied with the mga_hal port. I had previously gotten two files from the Matrox web site for my card. mga_hal only supplies one of them. Anyway, reinstalling the mga_hal port cures my blank second head problem. -- i386 FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE There are 10 types of people in this world. Ones that understand binary and then, the others.
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