From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 16 15:14:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9041016A403 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:14:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cptsalek@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.235]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D85E143D92 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:14:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cptsalek@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so547241wxc for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:14:25 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=FyUqws8LOH0N3oh1Ilpi93rSOab5QfbP3kPpBDpCuR7msd7pcCrCot8aHELFXRJwZIomYkM1RLJnOjCyJhvdnKWxRkw5Qu1xi5R8ZcRapzdWz6luWCad/du2mlM2iZMFRe1HPsMhy2OcjX/5HzxdeX8uYOVFyOWHmsCUKh/Okhs= Received: by 10.70.116.14 with SMTP id o14mr958735wxc.1163690065562; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:14:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.14.15 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:14:25 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <14989d6e0611160714n1efc1744q1414192076c95e7f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:14:25 +0100 From: "Christian Walther" To: "Ian Smith" In-Reply-To: <455C7318.8060005@nimnet.asn.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <455C7318.8060005@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: UNIX - Questions Subject: Re: Blank screen after using X X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:14:39 -0000 Hi Ian, Hi list, thanks for your configuration. No problem with the delay. :) I removed your xorg.conf and your xorg.0.log, and added freebsd-questions to CC again. I tried your xorg.conf, but I'm afraid that I had no luck with it. It works for me as my old config did, but the error is still the same: As soon as the X server is died during the X session is displayed the screen wents black and remains black. If I switch to a text console before, and kill X (for example by hitting CTRL+C on the console I did a startx on), X is killed and everything is fine. This is why I think that X somehow fails to quit graphics mode correctly, leaving the graphics chip in an unusable state. Re-Initialising it to graphics by typing startx blindly works, thou. BTW: I updated the BIOS and "Embedded System Controller" (or whatever it is called) to the most recent version. Didn't change anything... I think I'll have a look at the BIOS now, maybe I have a setting or two that don't work well with FreeBSD or X. Thanks for your time and help anyway. :) Christian On 16/11/06, Ian Smith wrote: > Hi Christian, > > sorry, slow, blame the 19 hour time difference :) > > attached xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log (offlist) > > Haven't had time to do diffs with yours yet, busy here, and my xorg.conf > may have conservative values, and I think you have an extra module or > two in yours, but you could see if anything in here works for you. > > As to the sysctls, I hope you picked up my typo ('-' instead of '=') in > one line .. I just typed them in from the other laptop's screen :( > > Cheers, Ian >