On 12/2/08, Javier Vasquez jevv.cr@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/2/08, Javier Vasquez jevv.cr@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/2/08, Javier Vasquez jevv.cr@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/1/08, Javier Vasquez jevv.cr@gmail.com wrote:
On 11/30/08, Jan de Groot jan@jgc.homeip.net wrote:
On Sun, 2008-11-30 at 16:29 -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote:
Also, the server flag:
Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
Doesn't help getting this solved...
Input devices have nothing to do with video devices. I think it's a conflict between your framebuffer console and xorg which causes this problem. Framebuffer consoles and Xorg videodrivers have always been a problem here, it's two direct hardware access things competing against eachother. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Well, it wasn't a problem before the last update to 1.5.3. I had the following uncommented in the device section:
# Option "UseFBDev" "true"
Now that I have commented it out, I still got the problem (of course after rebooting since I can't restart X). Moreover, just in case, I also removed atyfb (modprobe -r, and then startx), and the problem persists...
So I'm not sure if the problem is a frame buffer one.
-- Javier
OK, I'm done with trials, no luck... I filed a bug then, 12327...
thanks,
-- Javier
I missed one trial, removing the vga mode from boot parameter (which activates vesa FB Ibelieve). When doing it the problem vanishes...
I requested a bug closure, hopefully it'll close...
I was left with with pretty big fonts at the console though, which I don't like. I was using terminus v16b under 1024x768 before, but that's too big now. I tried v14b, but that didn't make a difference, and v12n is not supported, it fails... So I tried alt-8x8, and I like the size, but I don't like the font which at this size looks a bit ugly... any recommendations are welcome...
Thanks,
-- Javier
Hmm, it looks like I can't set a font smaller than the 16, since I lose the fonts when closing X... :(
-- Javier
It took me a while, but I finally figured things up. I don't understand why I never needed this stuff before, but actually now I got 1280x1024@75 in my console with terminus font v20b, looking nice, and I can go back/forth from X... Here are my settings:
/etc/rc.conf MODULES=(fuse r8169 slhc atyfb)
/etc/modprobe.conf options atyfb mode=1280x1024@75
That's pretty much what solved things, :)
Thanks,
2008/12/3 Javier Vasquez jevv.cr@gmail.com:
[ problem switching from X to console ] <big snip>
It took me a while, but I finally figured things up. I don't understand why I never needed this stuff before, but actually now I got 1280x1024@75 in my console with terminus font v20b, looking nice, and I can go back/forth from X... Here are my settings:
/etc/rc.conf MODULES=(fuse r8169 slhc atyfb)
/etc/modprobe.conf options atyfb mode=1280x1024@75
That's pretty much what solved things, :)
Just making sure; the problem doesn't occur when you use the same resolution in X and console? In your first mail, you said you were using 1024x768 on the console and 1280x1024 in X.
mvg, Guus
On 12/3/08, Guus Snijders gsnijders@gmail.com wrote:
2008/12/3 Javier Vasquez jevv.cr@gmail.com:
[ problem switching from X to console ]
<big snip>
It took me a while, but I finally figured things up. I don't understand why I never needed this stuff before, but actually now I got 1280x1024@75 in my console with terminus font v20b, looking nice, and I can go back/forth from X... Here are my settings:
/etc/rc.conf MODULES=(fuse r8169 slhc atyfb)
/etc/modprobe.conf options atyfb mode=1280x1024@75
That's pretty much what solved things, :)
Just making sure; the problem doesn't occur when you use the same resolution in X and console? In your first mail, you said you were using 1024x768 on the console and 1280x1024 in X.
mvg, Guus
The problem was not the resolution, I mentioned it because the console and X were having different resolutions (that was the mode I worked under for years), and when trying to switch to console the monitor complained with out of sync... I was using video modes when booting, which in turns uses vesafb built in the kernel.
For some reason having vesafb before and using mach64 Xorg driver at the same time, gave no trouble. Now they just don't get along. So the solution was to remove the video mode boot parameters, which prevents using vesa...
That lead to another problem, I didn't like the resolution, and couldn't get workable fonts for it either. So if the card supports 1280x1024, I figured atyfb, which I was loading all along, should be able to provide such console resolution, and I found how to load atyfb with desired resolution and frequency. That worked out pretty well, and I'm still able to switch from X and console back and forth...
So the vesa video modes are the ones no longer working, but properly configuring the corresponding frame buffer module, did the trick for me, and even improved the vesa modes (with vesa video modes I was never able to get 1280x1024, just 1024x768 at the slowest frequency, now with atyfb I'm getting 1280x1024 at the highest frequency supported by the LCD)...
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