From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 17 23:52:04 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C53516A405 for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:52:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5931513C4B0 for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:52:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l2HNQTZW024566; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:26:29 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) with ESMTP id l2HNQQDp024563; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:26:29 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:26:26 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Lubomir Toshev In-Reply-To: <259069285.20070315153615@dir.bg> Message-ID: <20070317171111.N24302@wonkity.com> References: <259069285.20070315153615@dir.bg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:26:29 -0600 (MDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with X11 and S3 Savage video card X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:52:04 -0000 On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Lubomir Toshev wrote: > I am trying to run X11 on a machine with FreeBSD 6.2 and S3 Savage > video card. The installation of X11 was successful. The initial test > is ok, everything seems to function normally. The problem occures when > I try to exit the test with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. At that moment it > looks like an attempt is made to switch the video mode and the screen > remains black. After some time the monitor goes to power down mode as > if there is no video signal. I've seen the same thing with a ProSavage DDR-K integrated on an MSI motherboard. It appears that the video card doesn't reset correctly when quitting X. If X is left running, Ctrl-Alt-F1 works to switch back to console mode. Other than the reset issue, the Savage video seems to work fine. There's a UseBIOS option documented in the savage manpage, although "UseBIOS No" didn't help with this particular system. Other options like DmaMode are probably worth trying (I would, but that system is a long way away). Hmm. A search just now turned up this: http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-46981.html (Link suggests disabling the Load "dri" option in the xorg.conf Module section may solve the problem.) Please respond on whether that works or not. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA