Re: Problem with X11 and S3 Savage video card
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Lubomir Toshev wrote: I am trying to run X11 on a machine with FreeBSD 6.2 and S3 Savage video card. The installation of X11 was successful. The initial test is ok, everything seems to function normally. The problem occures when I try to exit the test with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. At that moment it looks like an attempt is made to switch the video mode and the screen remains black. After some time the monitor goes to power down mode as if there is no video signal. I've seen the same thing with a ProSavage DDR-K integrated on an MSI motherboard. It appears that the video card doesn't reset correctly when quitting X. If X is left running, Ctrl-Alt-F1 works to switch back to console mode. Other than the reset issue, the Savage video seems to work fine. There's a UseBIOS option documented in the savage manpage, although UseBIOS No didn't help with this particular system. Other options like DmaMode are probably worth trying (I would, but that system is a long way away). Hmm. A search just now turned up this: http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-46981.html (Link suggests disabling the Load dri option in the xorg.conf Module section may solve the problem.) Please respond on whether that works or not. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problem with X11 and S3 Savage video card
Hello, I am trying to run X11 on a machine with FreeBSD 6.2 and S3 Savage video card. The installation of X11 was successful. The initial test is ok, everything seems to function normally. The problem occures when I try to exit the test with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. At that moment it looks like an attempt is made to switch the video mode and the screen remains black. After some time the monitor goes to power down mode as if there is no video signal. Please, give me a link to a possible solution. -- Best regards, Lubomir Toshev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with X11 and S3 Savage video card
Lubomir Toshev wrote: Hello, I am trying to run X11 on a machine with FreeBSD 6.2 and S3 Savage video card. The installation of X11 was successful. The initial test is ok, everything seems to function normally. The problem occures when I try to exit the test with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. At that moment it looks like an attempt is made to switch the video mode and the screen remains black. After some time the monitor goes to power down mode as if there is no video signal. By test do you mean you just ran the startx script without having a desktop environment installed? Did an xterm (or rather 3 xterms) pop up? If so, usually closing it or typing exit at the prompt inside of it should cause the X-Server to shutdown. As far as killing the server with the keyboard, compare the values in the manpage with those in your configuration file for man xorg.conf regarding these options: DontZap, DontVTSwitch, HandleSpecialKeys, and XkbDisable. It may also be that xkbmap is not loading or cannot find your keyboard map. The next time you start the server, try logging all output somewhere and seeing if there are any errors coming up. Please, give me a link to a possible solution. http://linuxreviews.org/man/XF86Config/ http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2004-September/thread.html#3473 (For the above: Read the entire thread starting with Xorg 6.8.1: can't switch VT or resolution) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with X11 and S3 Savage video card
If your video is AGP, it is likely an AGP issue. AGP cards can be managed by the driver or by the kernel. You need the correct AGP setting. -Derek At 08:36 AM 3/15/2007, Lubomir Toshev wrote: Hello, I am trying to run X11 on a machine with FreeBSD 6.2 and S3 Savage video card. The installation of X11 was successful. The initial test is ok, everything seems to function normally. The problem occures when I try to exit the test with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. At that moment it looks like an attempt is made to switch the video mode and the screen remains black. After some time the monitor goes to power down mode as if there is no video signal. Please, give me a link to a possible solution. -- Best regards, Lubomir Toshev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
