Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:36:39 -0500 From: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> To: LOL <elvis4526@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't switch tty HD 5770 Message-ID: <201101282136.45081.jkim@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinGuhWkVVxY=qZE2Rz5cpbZ7HhXKF%2BqX3KswJwd@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTinmkdQb8FzjeHzDmuDoCvy2egWTPwcEMcRAGxdx@mail.gmail.com> <201101281824.33949.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <AANLkTinGuhWkVVxY=qZE2Rz5cpbZ7HhXKF%2BqX3KswJwd@mail.gmail.com>
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On Friday 28 January 2011 08:10 pm, LOL wrote: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Jung-uk Kim <jkim@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Friday 28 January 2011 05:44 pm, LOL wrote: > > > Hi guys. > > > On every release of freebsd that i tried (-CURRENT, -STABLE, > > > -RELEASE) everything goes fine until I install xorg, gdm and > > > gnome by packages or not it does not make any difference. When > > > I boot with > > > gnome_enable="YES" , and gdm start, when I try to change tty, > > > on every tty, its a black screen and my monitor tell me, power > > > saving mode enable until I switch back to gdm. I installed the > > > xf86-video-ati driver and I have an ati radeon HD 5770. > > > > > > PS: I try to recompile with the WITHOUT_NOUVEAU knobs to get a > > > newer libdrm but it doesn't change anything. > > > > [I answered it on X11 list few days ago but let me repeat here.] > > > > xf86-video-ati-6.13.2 does not support VT switching for your > > video controller. I believe VT switching for UMS path will be > > fixed in the next release of xf86-video-ati. Also, it has > > nothing to do with DRM because FreeBSD does not support KMS yet. > > > > Jung-uk Kim > > Oh, sorry I didn't see that. But it's strange because on ANY recent > GNU/Linux system, with xf86-video-ati driver, I'm able to switch > tty. Recent Linux distros do KMS. Jung-uk Kim
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