Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:44:30 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "Michael D. Norwick" <mnorwick@centurytel.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with an ATI x2900 video adapter Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1104100039170.58000@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4DA1156B.3080702@centurytel.net> References: <4DA1156B.3080702@centurytel.net>
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On Sun, 10 Apr 2011, Michael D. Norwick wrote: > surprised this afternoon when, while the installation of gnome2 was working, > I think it was building GCC 4.4 and friends, the HP 2010i LCD monitor I use > on the machine appeared to lose the input to its DVI port. The HD activity > light was still flickering so I let it continue and waited a hour or so for > it to quit indicating activity before I pressed the reset button. Sounds like the video card went into power save. Pressing a shift key might have brought it back. > I would like to know if anyone else has experienced this or, if a PR is > necessary against the Xorg radeon driver. It's not clear whether you were running in the console or X. If X wasn't even installed yet, the radeon driver could not have been at fault.
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