From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 9 18:45:24 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F2A7106564A for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2011 18:45:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from barbara.xxx1975@libero.it) Received: from cp-out3.libero.it (cp-out3.libero.it [212.52.84.103]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A80558FC21 for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2011 18:45:23 +0000 (UTC) X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A0B0207.4D29FFA7.00AB,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-libjamoibt: 1419 Received: from wmail33 (172.31.0.221) by cp-out3.libero.it (8.5.133) (authenticated as barbara.xxx1975@libero.it) id 4D10BEAD01063DD7; Sun, 9 Jan 2011 19:34:15 +0100 Message-ID: <10349372.2363601294598055250.JavaMail.root@wmail33> Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 19:34:15 +0100 (CET) From: Barbara To: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SenderIP: 87.10.10.52 Cc: Subject: R: lockup with vidcontrol VESA_800x600 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Barbara List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:45:24 -0000 >Hiho! :-) > >Yesterday I upgraded to > >FreeBSD hostname 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #28: Sat Jan 8 >17:05:30 CET 2011 > >and vidcontrol VESA_800x600 stopped working (again). I exchanged emails >with jkim about a similar problem in February 2010 (vidcontrol >VESA_800x600 would mangle the screen output), there was no definitive >resolution, but it started working again sometime around July 2010. > >Now however, when I try to set VESA_800x600, my machine seems to >lockup. It no longer responds to any input, I cannot ping it and I >cannot drop to the debugger. > >I've tried setting other modes, but trying to set them results in: > >obtaining new video mode parameters: operation not supported by device. > >graphics card is a: > >vgapci0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x013a1002 chip=0x514c1002 >rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro >Devices, Inc.' device = 'Radeon 8500 / 8500LE (R200)' > class = display > subclass = VGA > >Any clues what might have changed? > > I had to gave up with VESA. Before all the changes (feb./mar. 2010) it was working perfectly with MODE_280. Now I have to use MODE_30, because any other higher resolution isn't working or it's crashing the machine, as I've reported yet. I would like to add that yesterday, I left twice my pc running CURRENT turned on while doing other things. And both time on my return it was dead. Not even replying to ping. I had to set blanktime="NO" in /etc/rc.conf. I'm not sure if the problem has been introduced recently. Did you noticed that too? Barbara