Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 20:14:22 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: netbook Acer Aspire One D250 && sporadic white screen Message-ID: <20140709181421.GA1324@La-Habana>
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Hello, I run on the in the Subject: mentioned hardware the following system: $ uname -a FreeBSD La-Habana 10.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #0 r250588M: Sat Jun 22 14:15:48 CEST 2013 guru@La-Habana:/usr/obj/usr/home/guru/head/src/sys/GENERIC i386 $ pkg_info | fgrep xorg xorg-7.7 X.Org complete distribution metaport xorg-apps-7.7 X.org apps meta-port xorg-docs-1.7,1 X.org documentation files xorg-drivers-7.7 X.org drivers meta-port xorg-fonts-100dpi-7.7 X.Org 100dpi bitmap fonts xorg-fonts-7.7 X.org fonts meta-port xorg-fonts-75dpi-7.7 X.Org 75dpi bitmap fonts xorg-fonts-cyrillic-7.7 X.Org Cyrillic bitmap fonts xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps-7.7 X.Org miscellaneous bitmap fonts xorg-fonts-truetype-7.7 X.Org TrueType fonts xorg-fonts-type1-7.7 X.Org Type1 fonts xorg-libraries-7.7 X.org libraries meta-port xorg-macros-1.17 X.Org development aclocal macros xorg-server-1.7.7_6,1 X.Org X server and related programs linux-f10-xorg-libs-7.4_1 Xorg libraries (Linux Fedora 10) and on top of this KDE 3.5.10, but I think this is unrelated to the problem: sporadic the screen turns to white; the system is still running and I can: a) SSH into it from LAN b) switch with Ctrl-Alt-F1 to the alphanumeric console which is displayed fine and works c) from alphanumeric with Alt-F9 back to the X11 screen, which is black d) toggle between F1 - F9 (F9 stays black) e) can zap the X11-server with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, which returns to alphanumeric console, and can startx there again the X11-chain fine Of course, zapping means loosing all open files in vim or pages in browser and is not want I want. One can think in a hardware fault, broken LCD cable or whatever, but why then the alphanumeric console is fine and X11 starts fine again? Btw: Can some kind soul point me to some information how these two modes (alpha ./. X11) are painted in the video RAM and how the switch between them is done? And, is there some way to re-init the screen in X11 again to not zap it and loose the session? Thanks matthias -- Matthias Apitz | /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign: E-mail: guru@unixarea.de | \ / - No HTML/RTF in E-mail WWW: http://www.unixarea.de/ | X - No proprietary attachments phone: +49-170-4527211 | / \ - Respect for open standards | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII_Ribbon_Campaign
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