From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Aug 28 05:30:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA11433 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 05:30:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from spooky.rwwa.com (rwwa.com [198.115.177.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA11426 for ; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 05:30:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from witr@rwwa.com) Received: from spooky.rwwa.com (localhost.rwwa.com [127.0.0.1]) by spooky.rwwa.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA29642; Fri, 28 Aug 1998 08:30:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from witr@rwwa.com) Message-Id: <199808281230.IAA29642@spooky.rwwa.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Mike Smith cc: Robert Withrow , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xfree86 server doesn't recover after sleep In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 21 Aug 1998 17:17:43 -0000." <199808211717.RAA10978@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 08:30:52 -0400 From: Robert Withrow Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG mike@smith.net.au said: :- If you try swapping to a text console, then back, does the screen :- recover? No. In fact, just switching from the X screen to a text console and back (without sleeping) causes the X screen to change (apparently) the timings, since it ceases to be stable and it "wiggles" when I move the cursor. (Note, however, this effect is not visible on the LCD. You have to be (also) using an external VGA port to see it. The "zzz" effect *is* visible on both the LCD and the VGA.) Resetting the server restores the "correct" timings. In the "zzz" case, after restarting the machine from the X screen, I have "garbage" on the screen. When switching to a text console and back (which produces a nice color show), I simply get a blank LCD screen. :- If you swap to a text console before 'zzz'ing, can you swap back to X :- and have it work? Yes, with the above caveat. :- Ultimately, it's a BIOS issue (the BIOS is expected to restore the :- display hardware state). Seems to not be restoring everything. Is there any way I can collect all "state" beforehand and after to document this, and complain to Gateway? (Snort Snort Chortle Chortle) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Withrow, R.W. Withrow Associates, Swampscott MA, witr@rwwa.COM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message