Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 19:03:21 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "John F. Carr" <jfc@mit.edu> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Radeon troubles Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411291900350.55672@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <21626.13780.862592.172498@gargle.gargle.HOWL> References: <21626.13780.862592.172498@gargle.gargle.HOWL>
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On Sat, 29 Nov 2014, John F. Carr wrote: > There are two problems: > > 1. When X exits the screen never switches back to console mode. > It freezes with the image on the X server when it exits. The text > console is running behind the frozen graphics. I can login blind as > root and reboot. I can rerun xinit and see my compressed windows > again. But I can't see the console. (I don't use graphical login. > I log in on the console and run xinit.) Add to /boot/loader.conf: kern.vty=vt See vt(4) for more information. > 2. On a PA272W 2560x1440 monitor the image is horizontally compressed > into the middle half of the screen. The image is mangled as I would > if half of the pixels were dropped. I think it is trying to display > 2560 pixels but setting up some mode parameters wrong. On a lower > resolution monitor the image is fine, but see item 1. Not really sure about that, it might depend on the type of cable connection, like dual-link DVI being required.
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