Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 18:03:49 +1030 (CST) From: newton@communica.com.au (Mark Newton) To: darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com (Darryl Okahata) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0.5R hanging inexplicably... Message-ID: <9511150733.AA09529@communica.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199511150652.AA002288372@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> from "Darryl Okahata" at Nov 14, 95 10:52:52 pm
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Darryl Okahata wrote:
> It would be interesting to see if the people who are having
> problems with ET4000/W32p-based video cards are using syscons or pcvt.
> There have been a few posts recently regarding the "better robustness"
> of pcvt (vs syscons), and I just recently found a "bug" in syscons that
> was causing all my syscons fonts to be corrupted (after using
> X-Windows).
My little brain ran itself along similar suspicions about six months
ago, leading me to install pcvt on system instead of pccons.
The problems X had occasionally caused for me were not fixed with the
different console driver.
Basically, the X server seems to be buggy when it restores text mode.
I have no problems with it until I logout (when using xdm) or switch
to another virtual console with CTL-ALT-Fx.
Curiously, it *does* sometimes manage to do it right. A quick precis,
for those who are interested:
Scenario 1: xdm started at boot time with an empty Xservers file
X server started at end of rc.local with:
X -query cleese.apana.org.au >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
Result: X leaves me with a black screen 'til the next reboot
if I dare to logout. If I switch to another virtual
console, I sometimes find that my colourmap is incredibly
dim; If I have the audacity to switch back to the X display,
my console locks up (ie: black screen, no keyboard response
unless I hit ALT-Fx, at which point the speaker goes "beep").
Scenario 2: X server started after a normal login via "startx".
Result: I can exit the server, and text mode will be restored.
If I switch VC's, I get the black screen again.
When I'm in black screen mode, if I attempt to re-start the X server
I can see the root_weave background *very faintly*, magnified about 7
or 8 times larger than normal. The mouse pointer looks positively
enourmous!
If I start the server like that then quit it, I end up back at a
black screen
Curious, eh?
- mark
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Mark Newton Email: newton@communica.com.au
Systems Engineer Phone: +61-8-373-2523
Communica Systems WWW: http://www.communica.com.au
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