[arch-general] xorg-server 1.5 upgrade screen problem.

[Javier Vasquez]

On 11/30/08, Javier Vasquez <jevv.cr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> By reading "http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg_input_hotplugging",
> the upgrade on xorg-server to 1.5 was not hard for the input devices.
> I'm using the Hal approach.
>
> However I have trouble with the screen.  I'm using the mach64 driver
> with 1280x1024 mode and 24 bits depth, and whenever I try to switch to
> console (with atyfb @ 1024x768) all I get is a balck screen and the
> monitor complaining with out of sync...  Also when terminating my X
> session, exiting fluxbox (I use startx to get into X), I get the same
> thing, so I never can get back to console.
>
> Any one experiencing the same thing?  Any suggestions?  I don't
> remember reading about it in the Xorg_input_hotplugging page, :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Javier
>


Forgot to mention that I never had HAL installed (so not in my daemons
either) before.  Now HAL is forced to be installed as a dependency of
xorg-server, so I'm not sure if HAL is breaking the console switching
stuff...

Thanks,

Javier.

-- 
Javier