Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:33:44 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org> Cc: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net>, "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>, Matthew Rezny <mrezny@hexaneinc.com> Subject: Re: ports/156405: x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati driver: no hardware rendering Message-ID: <CAN6yY1spfmhVxOsAfYk%2BnzZeWzi_Tw3zo819-YcDvhV=6oCCXA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <52206460.5020902@freebsd.org> References: <26.37.28548.F1A30225@hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com> <52206460.5020902@freebsd.org>
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On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 2:22 AM, Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 2013-08-30 08:22, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > From my previous post and Niclas Zeising's response: > > > >>> When I tried with new Xorg and KMS in 9-STABLE, my system froze > immediately, not just the console. I finally managed to downgrade to the > old Xorg after > >> considerable difficulty. > > > >> What hardware do you have? Are you sure that the system froze, and not > >> only that the console went black? Did you check any logs (dmesg, xorg > >> log, etc.) How do you load the kernel modules for the intel kms driver? > >> In general, you shouldn't need to load anything at all, X loads the > >> correct kernel module at the correct time during startup. > > > > I don't remember about the logs, and now is far too late. > > > > But I remember doing everything I did when I had this problem with > NetBSD on old computer, native xorg server, not pkgsrc, and no KMS. > > > > Nothing I did with keyboard had any effect. I tried to Ctrl-Alt-F1 and > "shutdown -r now", nothing. > > > > I also tried the Caps Lock key to see if there was any life, did not > light up. > > > > By the way, another problem I had with NetBSD was the text console > screen blanking after 30 seconds inactivity and not coming back until I > could find my way in the dark to a root command prompt and type > > > > screenblank -u > > This could be a NetBSD specific issue maybe? As I said before, I had no > trouble on my laptop running 'startx' from the black console, so I > assume shutdown -r now works as long as I have a root shell. I also > could shut down cleanly with the power button, using acpi. All this on > FreeBSD. > I really suggest adding yourself to the operator account. That will allow you to shutdown without a root login. Entering Fn+F1 and "shutdown -r now" has no chance of working as X is still running on vty0, so you have no shell to receive the command. You can try entering a CTRL-C to kill X or logout of the X session instead of Fn+F1? Maybe Fn+F2 and log in or log into that vty before starting X. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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