Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:16:12 -0500 From: "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: "Bernt Hansson" <bernt@bah.homeip.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with Xfce & console Message-ID: <4ad871310811150516l7c94e763tabbba31027187dcd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <491E781C.3090405@bah.homeip.net> References: <491E781C.3090405@bah.homeip.net>
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On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:19 AM, Bernt Hansson <bernt@bah.homeip.net> wrote: > Hello list > > When exiting xfce to return to my console, xfce put my graphicscard in > an unusable state i.e no picture and my monitors led blinks slowly as if > it where in powersave/suspend mode. This do not happen with fluxbox, > windowmaker or twm. Commenting out the "Virtual" directive helps but > then I have to set the reolution every time xfce is started. > > The other WM's get really strange resolutions if "Virtual" is commented > out, like 2880x1400 and such. > > Is it a driver or xfce issue? > > %uname -a > FreeBSD testbox 7.0-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p3 #0: Thu Aug 28 > 14:13:44 CEST 2008 root@testbox:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > xorg.conf > > Section "Device" > Identifier "his radeon 3870" > Driver "radeon" > # BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > Option "DDCMode" "1" Driver specific option > Option "PanelSize" "1280x1024" Driver specific option > EndSection > > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen 1" > Device "his radeon 3870" > Monitor "Hitachi CM752ET" > DefaultDepth 24 > > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" "1600x1200" > Virtual 1280 1024 > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > EndSection > Are you using the proper driver? Is the driver up to date? I have posted several times on this list regarding this issue. I have had the same problem with my nVidia card (when I don't have the driver installed). Did you install the driver from ports, pkg_add? (Or at all?) -- Glen Barber "If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done." --Scott Adams
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