Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:27:53 -0500 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Lost console when exiting X Message-ID: <46E17C09.1070902@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <20070903163706.GA769@orion.hexidigital.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] This is just a "Me Too". On 09/03/2007 11:37, Glen Barber wrote: > Hi folks. > > I'm running 6.2-RELEASE, and recently installed Xorg. I've been using > Fluxbox as my window manager, and everything has been working fine until > recently. I cannot think of any major changes I've made to create this > problem. > > Here's what happens. Once in a while (I can't reproduce the problem by > doing anything specific), I exit X, and my TTY does not come back. I've > verified the system has not crashed by SSHing in to the system -- where > I can `startx`, and the X session resumes. I've tried > [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Backspace], which does kill the X session, but TTY does > not resume as expected. > > I am using an nVidia GeForce 5500MX with the x11/nvidia-drivers, > x11/nvidia-settings, and x11/nvidia-xconfig ports. Fluxbox and all Xorg > dependencies are also installed from ports. (Yes, I did update my ports > tree before installing.) > > The only change I've made to my xorg.conf was: > Section "Extensions" > Option "Composite" "Enable" > EndSection I too have noticed this, though a slight variation. If I have composite enbabled *and* I run xcompmgr... I have your very symptoms everytime I shutdown X. If I leave composite enabled (and no xcompmgr) I can get out of X just fine. This without a doubt began (for me) when I upgraded to Xorg 7.x. I have not had time to look into it further. [Using ATI mobility 7500] > > and the default mode for resolution. I've also disabled the above > section, thinking it was a compositing problem, but that did not resolve > it. > > Any ideas, or pointers on where to look would be appreciated. > Thanks in advance. > -- Regards, Eric [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFG4XwJngSDRM3IXUoRAmywAKDP2xS2i5RCFJ4Q3iyvqLuyWyXNsgCg3POU eanuYA9REwzWiUhLFHeQht4= =h72A -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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