Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:44:40 -0500 From: LOL <elvis4526@gmail.com> To: Rob Farmer <rfarmer@predatorlabs.net> Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Cannot switch tty's after install xorg, gnome and gdm Message-ID: <AANLkTin=EO%2BJUX80_7AWrNeQ8apONU4hP77Uyc6SYY34@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinLj6eGWQe92r_sWsvmJtXhKjr7=ut=G=K0T9EQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTinA_-WG2QfPzKRG8x8%2BUYanObwP3psthOfLu2jp@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikH6=K5Vw6xfiY0ov7%2BkCA0uLjYowQZtduxaSoz@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101232208230.43480@wonkity.com> <AANLkTinLj6eGWQe92r_sWsvmJtXhKjr7=ut=G=K0T9EQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:54 AM, Rob Farmer <rfarmer@predatorlabs.net>wrote: > On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 21:13, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > > On Sun, 23 Jan 2011, Rob Farmer wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 07:32, LOL <elvis4526@gmail.com> 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. > >> > >> The correct driver for recent ATI cards is xf86-video-radeonhd. And > >> try the WITHOUT_NOUVEAU knob as David suggests. > > > > Actually, the radeon driver from xf86-video-ati is more solid and likely > to > > work reliably, even with newer cards. Features for 5000-series cards are > > sparse, though. It appears that work on radeonhd has dropped off. > > > > Sorry - I seem to have gotten confused between "radeon" (which comes > from the ati package) and "radeonhd" which is separate - and just > froze my system as I was figuring this out :). > > -- > Rob Farmer > Thanks for the answer, I tried to recompile with the WITHOUT_NOUVEAU knobs and it doesn't change anything. Thanks for help I'll try on the x11 list. Goodbye,
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