Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 10:08:40 +0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jean-S=E9bastien_P=E9dron?= <jean-sebastien.pedron@dumbbell.fr> Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, ajtiM <lumiwa@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Xorg-Radeon Message-ID: <523A5CA8.8060307@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <52385509.8000301@dumbbell.fr> References: <21F609AF-CBFF-4303-A4E8-BCA2291F1609@gmail.com> <52385509.8000301@dumbbell.fr>
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On 9/17/13 9:11 PM, Jean-Sébastien Pédron wrote: > On 17.09.2013 14:51, ajtiM wrote: >> I bult Xorg on iMc, Radeon HD 4850 with ddvd support and "starts" >> works :). The problem is when I exit it stay in black screen. There are >> no errors in Xorg.log. > This is a know issue: our current console implementation, "syscons", > doesn't know about KMS (the new way to driver video cards from the > kernel, not from X.Org itself). Therefore, once you start X.Org, the > console can't use the display anymore, neither during your X session > using Ctrl-Alt-Fx, nor after you exit from X.Org. > > However, even if your screen is blank after X exit, the computer doesn't > crash and can be used remotely. This also means you don't have to force > a shutdown: a short press on the power button will shut down the > computer properly. it should be possible for the vga driver to issue a vga reset to the device.. I believe there was a standard reset instruction in the original VGA design. Every device since hten should have copied it. even if they disagree about everything else. >
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