From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 30 13:12:14 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E2A392C2 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 13:12:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-5.mit.edu (dmz-mailsec-scanner-5.mit.edu [18.7.68.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 999F01C6 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 13:12:13 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 12074422-f79476d000000d9e-71-547b16790675 Received: from mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu ( [18.7.62.39]) (using TLS with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-5.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 08.3F.03486.A761B745; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 08:07:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (outgoing-auth-1.mit.edu [18.9.28.11]) by mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id sAUD7560028671; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 08:07:05 -0500 Received: from atropos (pool-108-20-186-221.bstnma.fios.verizon.net [108.20.186.221]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as jfc@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.12.4) with ESMTP id sAUD6uv3026697 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Sun, 30 Nov 2014 08:07:04 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <21627.5743.85568.529602@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 08:06:55 -0500 From: "John F. Carr" To: Warren Block Subject: Re: Radeon troubles In-Reply-To: References: <21626.13780.862592.172498@gargle.gargle.HOWL> X-Mailer: VM 8.1.2 under 24.4.1 (amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFmpkleLIzCtJLcpLzFFi42IRYrdT160Sqw4xePiQ3eLppCNsFr9OeTgw ecz4NJ/F40jHI8YApigum5TUnMyy1CJ9uwSujMO9+5kL/nJXnH1zlKmBsZOzi5GTQ0LARKJ/ 3xVGCFtM4sK99WxdjFwcQgKLmSR+N1xmhnA2MkpMfzqTCaRKSOAYk8TzOZogNq+AoMTJmU9Y QGxmAS2JG/9eMkHY8hLb385hhqixkNh34RMbiM0ioCoxZdMxsDibgJLEpzWzgHo5OESA4nvP WEO0ykrMezsHbKSwgIzEsz2vwFo5Bewk1v1uY4Q4IU/iUutiqKOtJbobN7BOYBScheSiWUgu moXkogWMzKsYZVNyq3RzEzNzilOTdYuTE/PyUot0TfVyM0v0UlNKNzGCg9dFaQfjz4NKhxgF OBiVeHgn3KkKEWJNLCuuzD3EKMnBpCTKyy9aHSLEl5SfUpmRWJwRX1Sak1p8iFGCg1lJhFeK HSjHm5JYWZValA+TkuZgURLn3fSDL0RIID2xJDU7NbUgtQgmq87BIbBs2kYLKZa8/LxUJQle Y5D5gkWp6akVaZk5JQiVTBycIHt4gPZUgtTwFhck5hZnpkPkTzEqSonzmoIkBEASGaV5cL2w lPOKURzoK2HeCyBVPMB0Bdf9CmgwE9BghuZKkMEliQgpqQZGFcd7JzNXuFUu5/hpWvDp1bUd 7wJ/fFZk7mCfsPkyk7W2k+biReE3pC/uO7t55tnm47sSvlz++MdE0vdcXz2P0qcndo7Pj+T/ 2FnJvOpinbYTu5Xs194XGYzu0cXZ+pviDsWHZuRNnHHh+BzJy/0WaXr7/IwmZzi8LLQ4fC92 PUORvdG/XKMPSizFGYmGWsxFxYkA/R8CthQDAAA= Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 13:12:14 -0000 > > There are two problems: > > > > 1. When X exits the screen never switches back to console mode. > > It freezes with the image on the X server when it exits. The text > > console is running behind the frozen graphics. I can login blind as > > root and reboot. I can rerun xinit and see my compressed windows > > again. But I can't see the console. (I don't use graphical login. > > I log in on the console and run xinit.) > > Add to /boot/loader.conf: > kern.vty=vt That fixed my problem 1, but... > > 2. On a PA272W 2560x1440 monitor the image is horizontally compressed > > into the middle half of the screen. The image is mangled as I would > > if half of the pixels were dropped. I think it is trying to display > > 2560 pixels but setting up some mode parameters wrong. On a lower > > resolution monitor the image is fine, but see item 1. > > Not really sure about that, it might depend on the type of cable > connection, like dual-link DVI being required. Xorg still fails the same way. My graphics worked until recently. Maybe the new driver is using a too-high frame rate, but since I didn't tell it to do so that would be a bug. I can leave the X screen with the vt console. All the text consoles are permanently in the same unreadable half size state. Is it likely that an NVIDIA card will work better? Is it possible to go back to the old X server? I see messages online about it being removed, but it's not clear if that has happened yet.