From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 19 02:09:02 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 364088F7 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 02:09:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Received: from vps1.elischer.org (vps1.elischer.org [204.109.63.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0827D2827 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 02:09:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Julian-MBP3.local (ppp121-45-245-177.lns20.per2.internode.on.net [121.45.245.177]) (authenticated bits=0) by vps1.elischer.org (8.14.6/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r8J28kMf008048 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:08:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <523A5CA8.8060307@freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 10:08:40 +0800 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130801 Thunderbird/17.0.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jean-S=E9bastien_P=E9dron?= Subject: Re: Xorg-Radeon References: <21F609AF-CBFF-4303-A4E8-BCA2291F1609@gmail.com> <52385509.8000301@dumbbell.fr> In-Reply-To: <52385509.8000301@dumbbell.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" , ajtiM X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 02:09:02 -0000 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. >