From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 16 08:41:36 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91A30106566C for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 08:41:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-vb0-f54.google.com (mail-vb0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42F418FC0A for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 08:41:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vbmv11 with SMTP id v11so612651vbm.13 for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 01:41:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=aEmX+x+ui7YlD0VEsXsd7zF7u4TXoySKSK9tOek3C/w=; b=ADN5RhiZBRiiz8IMN5P1/qVS9lVasCq8CQWKtEWdKFEEWY+s/FZ7Wygw41vAVBLIe/ HFP6fuDfVpVs2Imvfvi1KR+LauF/nQMytcng+2ryrinINUUpkwznxj5if3ylUukAj8tk 4z/OJjuGnWxRc7cAZ2u+nIYRAHMhmYz/0CT+2HQGtx8kCBbUDLKS5a76NFPAt/N6nMhp Q1YMHNmPPpKB4LclL2SYkZV61R6iQ3Qt4dKe1pAydVlspoAWP/aaHyY0rgeib1PVDsOf 8Y7xLKmtP9aP8dRQ1o3BScUzzzetY6kkdXdfrhN7bYUCakek1Xm3sYDD6dEXJNm1pHrN +f/A== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.150.134 with SMTP id y6mr1652952vcv.43.1337157695555; Wed, 16 May 2012 01:41:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.28.240 with HTTP; Wed, 16 May 2012 01:41:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 09:41:35 +0100 Message-ID: From: Tom Evans To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Strange keyboard/hald issues after upgrading to 9-STABLE and latest ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 08:41:36 -0000 On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 7:35 PM, Tom Evans 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