From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 30 02:59:42 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 27E0BD25 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 02:59:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-in-12.arcor-online.net (mail-in-12.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.52]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mx.arcor.de", Issuer "Thawte SSL CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D13ED8A6 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 02:59:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-in-18-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-18-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.35]) by mx.arcor.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79E9A264D5 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 03:26:10 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-in-09.arcor-online.net (mail-in-09.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.49]) by mail-in-18-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 716F733AB59 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 03:26:10 +0100 (CET) X-Greylist: Passed host: 188.98.180.34 X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mail-in-09.arcor-online.net B6A241975F6 Received: from lorvorc.mips.inka.de (dslb-188-098-180-034.188.098.pools.vodafone-ip.de [188.98.180.34]) by mail-in-09.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B6A241975F6 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 03:26:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from lorvorc.mips.inka.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lorvorc.mips.inka.de (8.14.9/8.14.7) with ESMTP id sAU2Q60K053141 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 03:26:06 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from news@lorvorc.mips.inka.de) Received: (from news@localhost) by lorvorc.mips.inka.de (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id sAU2Q5hc053140 for freebsd-x11@freebsd.org; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 03:26:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from news) To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org From: Christian Weisgerber Newsgroups: list.freebsd.x11 Subject: Re: Radeon troubles Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 02:26:05 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <21626.13780.862592.172498@gargle.gargle.HOWL> X-Trace: lorvorc.mips.inka.de 1417314365 52659 ::1 (30 Nov 2014 02:26:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@mips.inka.de User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (FreeBSD) X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 02:59:42 -0000 On 2014-11-29, "John F. Carr" wrote: > A Radeon HD 5450 (now installed) and an older Radeon behave the same. > Both are PCIe cards. The kernel says "[drm] RADEON_IS_PCIE" if I start X. The Radeon HD 5450 works. The machine I'm typing this on has one. > There are two problems: > > 1. When X exits the screen never switches back to console mode. That sounds like you might still be using syscons(4) instead of vt(4). Booting with kern.vty=vt in loader.conf(5) will get you vt(4). > 2. On a PA272W 2560x1440 monitor the image is horizontally compressed (I have no experience with that.) > Any advice? Configuration and logs follow. All of which looks, as far as relevant, a lot like mine. You don't have a 5450, though. -(--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series" (ChipID = 0x68e1) +(--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon HD 5450" (ChipID = 0x68f9) -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de