> From: Kostas Zorbadelos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 7:21 AM > To: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: Dim console after exiting X [Radeon driver problem?] > > On Sunday 30 November 2008 04:02:33 Paco Esteban wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 17:43, Kostas Zorbadelos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tuesday 11 November 2008 22:55:49 Brynet wrote: > > I just wanted to tell you that I opened a bug report for this issue identified > by > > system/6022: Dim console after exiting X with ATI radeon 9200 PRO chip > > Was anyone able to overcome this (apart from DefaultDepth 16 which did not > work for me)? > > > >> Hi Ed, > > >> > > >> I've also seen this behaviour on a OptiPlex GX240, it has a ATI Rage > > >> 128 Pro TF card, the only solution I've found is to change the depth > > >> to 16 instead of the default 24. > > >> > > >> Just add "DefaultDepth 16" to your Screen section. > > >> > > >> I would like to hear an alternative solution, but I can't seem to tell > > >> the different between the two depths. > > >> > > >> Hope that helps.. :-) > > >> > > >> -Brynet > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I also see this behaviour in my system after clean installation of > > > OpenBSD 4.4. I didn't see this in previous versions. Here is my dmesg, I > > > run amd64. Please let me know if I can provide any more information to > > > track down the problem. Iwill try to upgrade to current in the next day > > > and see if the problem is present there. The workarounf DefaultDepth 16 > > > did not work for me. > > > > > > Kostas > > > > Same issue in my old i386 with ATI Radeon 9600 XT, following stable. > My current workaround is very crude: s/xdm_flags=NO/xdm_flags=""/ I rarely need a completely X-less login on that machine. -- Ed Ahlsen-Girard
