Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:23:52 +0300 From: Vladimir Grebenschikov <vova@fbsd.ru> To: Mervin McDougall <mcd_advisory@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mobile <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Getting High resolution console and Xorg to coexist Message-ID: <1135952632.1213.30.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20051230135622.50285.qmail@web30913.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20051230135622.50285.qmail@web30913.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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=D0=92 =D0=BF=D1=82, 30/12/2005 =D0=B2 05:56 -0800, Mervin McDougall =D0=BF= =D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: >=20 > --- Vladimir Grebenschikov <vova@fbsd.ru> wrote: >=20 > > =C3=B7 =C3=9E=C3=94, 29/12/2005 =C3=97 15:31 -0800, Mervin McDougall > > =C3=90=C3=89=C3=9B=C3=85=C3=94: > > > Hi all > > > I recently installed freebsd 6.0 on my laptop, a > > > compaq presario 2100. Thus far I am satisfied with > > > just about everything that I have been able to > > > accomplish on freebsd. However, I tried setting > > the > > > high resolution console using the raster graphics > > on > > > freebsd and this has had some undesirable results. > >=20 > > > After recompiling my kernel and getting the > > > resolution of the console to 1024x768 I tried > > playing > > > music on my xmms player and switching between xorg > > and > > > the virtual console and there would be some > > > degradation of the sound. I am not sure whether > > there > > > is an increased load on the kernel whenever > > switching > > > between the two interfaces but I have notice some > > > spiking on xload when switching between the two. > > > I took a friends advice and increased the pcm > > > buffersize and the irqrate but this has had no > > effect > > > in improving the sound quality. I have noticed as > > well > > > that when reading long files, there is also a > > > degradation of sound quality. For example while > > > reading NOTES in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf the sound > > from > > > xmms, which was being played on xfce, would slow > > down > > > as I paged through the document or when scrolled > > > through line by line using the arrowpad.=20 > > > I am not sure what is causing the problem or > > why it > > > is behaving in this manner but I would be more > > than > > > happy to provide any extra information about the > > > problem. I had an opportunity to scan through the > > > mailing lists for similar problems but did not > > find > > > one that quite fit this descritption. > > >=20 > > > Any assistance would be appreciated > >=20 > > Actually I have similar problem, on my Sony VAIO Z1, > > I have 1400x1050 > > raster console and X. > >=20 > > I am rare switch vty from X to console and bac, but=20 > > when I did it I always experience some significant > > delay (usually 1-3 > > sec, already reported here some times ago). > > Sometimes instead of delay I get lockup - system > > freezes and do not > > answer any activity. > >=20 > > Probability of frees grow with delay time (looks > > like). > > Delay time is grow with system load (looks like). > >=20 > > No any ideas hot to cure the problem. > >=20 > > I have fresh 7-CURRENT. > >=20 > > > Mervin McDougall > >=20 > > --=20 > > Vladimir B. Grebenschikov > > vova@fbsd.ru > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >=20 > Vladimir > I think I got the solution to the problem. I spent > some time pondering on the problem and a friend of > mine and I thought the solution to the problem is one > of two things. Either there was a redesign of the > syscons driver for the high resolution console or > perhaps the use of a different sound arhitechture. So, > I decided to take the easy route and try out the > 4front OSS drivers for freebsd. Since then the problem > has been fixed. There is no longer any problem with > switching between Xorg and high resolution console. I > suggest you try it.=20 >=20 > http://www.opensound.com/=20 > The site above is the site for 4front technologies Actually I am expecting problems while switching between X and raster console not depending on sound. So I do not think that this will help me. > Mervin McDougall >=20 >=20 > =09 > __________________________________________=20 > Yahoo! DSL =E2=80=93 Something to write home about.=20 > Just $16.99/mo. or less.=20 > dsl.yahoo.com=20 >=20 --=20 Vladimir B. Grebenschikov vova@fbsd.ru
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