Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 09:41:35 +0100 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange keyboard/hald issues after upgrading to 9-STABLE and latest ports Message-ID: <CAFHbX1JOSvVFZmQwEp1EpSw43bbL8MFoM%2BO9SvrdjUqDZwGemg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFHbX1K_2O25-gSZ0MWM61hBcEzFKKqRVATNq8Mp9aUrnq1ARg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFHbX1K_2O25-gSZ0MWM61hBcEzFKKqRVATNq8Mp9aUrnq1ARg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 7:35 PM, Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> wrote= : > Hi all > > A curious situation. I upgraded my laptop over the weekend from > 8-STABLE to 9-STABLE, and also upgraded/reinstalled all installed > ports. As a result of this, I now have a variety of issues - I'll try > and keep these all relevant to x11. > The second issue is probably related to my graphics driver (nvidia). > If I setup 'twinview', with these settings: > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "TwinView" "1" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrde= r" "DFP-3" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x10= 24_60 +1280+0, DFP: > 1280x800_60 +0+0" > > and then try to switch to a VT, the screen goes black and I cannot see > anything or switch back. The laptop still responds to network, so I > can ssh in and restart, but this is an awful pain. I've tried > rebuilding the nvidia driver both with and without power management > support, which has no effect. > > [=E2=80=A6] > > I fancy the > nvidia driver for the VT switching issues, so I'm going to try > downgrading that. > I fancied right, downgrading to nvidia-driver-285.05.09 from nvidia-driver-295.49 solved the VT switching issues. I'll raise this on the nvidia FreeBSD forum. My only remaining problem is the keyboard not responding in X after undocking from laptop dock, but as VT switching is working again, not such a huge deal. Cheers Tom
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