Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:54:08 -0800 From: Rob Farmer <rfarmer@predatorlabs.net> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, LOL <elvis4526@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Cannot switch tty's after install xorg, gnome and gdm Message-ID: <AANLkTinLj6eGWQe92r_sWsvmJtXhKjr7=ut=G=K0T9EQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101232208230.43480@wonkity.com> References: <AANLkTinA_-WG2QfPzKRG8x8%2BUYanObwP3psthOfLu2jp@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikH6=K5Vw6xfiY0ov7%2BkCA0uLjYowQZtduxaSoz@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101232208230.43480@wonkity.com>
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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=3D"YES" , and gdm start, when I try to change tty, on ever= y >>> 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. =A0Features for 5000-series cards a= re > sparse, though. =A0It 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 :). --=20 Rob Farmer
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