From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG  Sun May  2 01:31:28 2010
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EC511065670
	for <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org>; Sun,  2 May 2010 01:31:28 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org)
Received: from mail.icecube.wisc.edu (trout.icecube.wisc.edu [128.104.255.119])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 167A08FC0C
	for <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org>; Sun,  2 May 2010 01:31:27 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])
	by mail.icecube.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23181582C0;
	Sat,  1 May 2010 20:31:27 -0500 (CDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at icecube.wisc.edu
Received: from mail.icecube.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1])
	by localhost (trout.icecube.wisc.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new,
	port 10030)
	with ESMTP id SXOKoLA-CHUZ; Sat,  1 May 2010 20:31:27 -0500 (CDT)
Received: from wanderer.tachypleus.net
	(173-13-239-153-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net
	[173.13.239.153])
	by mail.icecube.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id C22DA582BF;
	Sat,  1 May 2010 20:31:26 -0500 (CDT)
Message-ID: <4BDCD5ED.3020606@freebsd.org>
Date: Sat, 01 May 2010 21:31:25 -0400
From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20100215)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Super Biscuit <super_bisquit@yahoo.com>
References: <642407.28421.qm@web110101.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <642407.28421.qm@web110101.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Xorg and powerpc: tty switching causes unresponsive screen
X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC <freebsd-ppc.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc>,
	<mailto:freebsd-ppc-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ppc>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-ppc-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc>,
	<mailto:freebsd-ppc-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 01:31:28 -0000

Super Biscuit wrote:
>  If this post to the mailing lists seems to be off topic, please do not allow it through.
>
> Has a fix or work around for the following been issued as of yet: 
> When switching vttyX after starting xsession causes unresponsive monitor- blank output.
> Starting an xsession using a predefined path in .xinitrc or by adding a /usr/local/bin/path to /usr/local/bin/startx also results in unresponsive monitor.
>   
This is an issue with the Rage 128 Open Firmware ROMs. If X exits, the 
FCode ROMs are seemingly not capable of fully restoring the state the 
way the Radeon and nVidia ones are. To fix this, you would need to spend 
a great deal of time understanding the quirks of the Rage 128 ROM, or to 
write a native framebuffer for it. In either case, you probably don't 
need to switch VTs that often.
-Nathan