From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 3 06:02:39 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: x11@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 475FE16A419 for ; Sat, 3 Nov 2007 06:02:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alvest@earthlink.net) Received: from elasmtp-junco.atl.sa.earthlink.net (elasmtp-junco.atl.sa.earthlink.net [209.86.89.63]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FC0A13C494 for ; Sat, 3 Nov 2007 06:02:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alvest@earthlink.net) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=CdRTgj48snxKBW8kLQDIFT/nPf00d068uOR4i7L6YrT7IqTctMtfdMiuvHYxk03g; h=Received:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [24.145.132.88] (helo=discovery.vesthome.oh.us) by elasmtp-junco.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Io6UC-0006wW-Ju; Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:03:36 -0400 Message-ID: <472BBAD7.9090106@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:03:35 -0400 From: alvest@earthlink.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matt Dawson References: <200711022337.10472.matt@chronos.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <200711022337.10472.matt@chronos.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: a37e7a5645c8e49994f5150ab1c16ac01a238acc8405a5b03e24fefdafd7504e696d8247119fd928350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.145.132.88 Cc: x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Xorg-7.3_1 + Radeon XPress 200M + VT switch = white screen? 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: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 06:02:39 -0000 Matt Dawson wrote: > As subject, has anyone else come across this? X works fine (sans GL as the > 200M is one of those finicky IGP "cards" unsupported by DRI) but all attempts > to get VT switching to result in anything but a polar bear in a snowstorm > viewed through bed linen have proved futile. Typed commands into this white > wonderland work (I can login and shut the machine down). > > It's not a major issue as X works fine and I can, at a push, ssh into the box > if I really need to. If X doesn't start for whatever reason, the console is > fine. I did have VESA in the kernel, which I removed. Still the same result. > > Any ideas? A "me too" would be helpful as misery loves company ;-) Well then, "me too" sort of. Mine is the IGP 9100. I make it work by keeping my xf86-video-ati backported to 6.7.192 and forcing it to PCI mode in the xorg.conf. Option "BusType" "PCI" # Force IGP to PCI It loads the "R200 Microcode." I never saw the white screen, but nothing after 6.7.192 has handled restarts well. -- Albert Vest, al vest at earth link dot net