From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 25 17:45:03 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFBD2106566B for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:45:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from elvis4526@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f54.google.com (mail-ew0-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68F068FC13 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:45:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy24 with SMTP id 24so2843440ewy.13 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:45:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=b5snn9iX2+6v+odYxnCMaab2Nj5HdBIE2vqv+uWZMBw=; b=frekH/wdDP/eHOsQEpMY7AZke+4VWut5O5cohfPQyRpf2uBtcIYtU3q43/m/Qhtl9k 0g6O4L2kE1R1vxTEaIzetWxOY7ElTzj4K65fbtZM/jUEZpDzd16NzZ4g+Rnr/kk82nN1 X4MQtjNyuGvwaDUuu6cGFc+0ZEmtk7sfW9K8c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=u1mY3R35c7y0y8JKkaJu/dYo5F6lbE78Gl/fXumZMrF98a8xiQSx7th37KewMAIorz 1NPl1DTf4Who19aJyxUE2MhxiFO8wIDenzjoH8iAgeWfbDAYusfFFua907FCREAdI07Y 62MvumbTJYPclONRnnl4yNLXRT1F2bjkZdwv4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.76.65 with SMTP id b1mr5346982bkk.29.1295977480566; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:44:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.14.16 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:44:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:44:40 -0500 Message-ID: From: LOL To: Rob Farmer Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Warren Block , FreeBSD-Current Subject: Re: Cannot switch tty's after install xorg, gnome and gdm X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:45:04 -0000 On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:54 AM, Rob Farmer wrote: > On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 21:13, Warren Block wrote: > > On Sun, 23 Jan 2011, Rob Farmer wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 07:32, LOL wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi guys. > >>> On every release of freebsd that i tried (-CURRENT, -STABLE, -RELEASE) > >>> everything goes fine until I install xorg, gdm and gnome by packages > >>> or not it does not make any difference. When I boot with > >>> gnome_enable="YES" , and gdm start, when I try to change tty, on every > >>> tty, its a black screen and my monitor tell me, power saving mode > >>> enable until I switch back to gdm. I installed the xf86-video-ati > >>> driver and I have an ati radeon HD 5770. > >> > >> The correct driver for recent ATI cards is xf86-video-radeonhd. And > >> try the WITHOUT_NOUVEAU knob as David suggests. > > > > Actually, the radeon driver from xf86-video-ati is more solid and likely > to > > work reliably, even with newer cards. Features for 5000-series cards are > > sparse, though. It appears that work on radeonhd has dropped off. > > > > Sorry - I seem to have gotten confused between "radeon" (which comes > from the ati package) and "radeonhd" which is separate - and just > froze my system as I was figuring this out :). > > -- > Rob Farmer > Thanks for the answer, I tried to recompile with the WITHOUT_NOUVEAU knobs and it doesn't change anything. Thanks for help I'll try on the x11 list. Goodbye,