Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:38:44 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Christian Walther <cptsalek@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Blank screen after using X Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1061115014611.20532B-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20061113200345.B476516A4F5@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 Christian Walther wrote: > I forgot to mention that the machine is an IBM Thinkpad T23 with S3 > Savage chip, max. resolution is at 1024x768. Ok, now your first problem becomes one that I've had :) > > I'm using FreeBSD 6.x for a couple of month now, and I'm quite happy with it. > > Since the beginning I've a problem that I was unable to fix: When I > > quit X, or X dies for some reason, the screen remains black. I can > > type blindly, starting X again, or doing a shutdown. I tried quite a few things to fix this on my T23, and wound up having in /etc/sysctl.conf: hw.acpi.reset_video=0 hw.syscons.sc_no_suspend_vtswitch=1 and in /boot/loader.conf: acpi_ibm_load-"YES" hint.psm.0.flags="0x3000" vesa_load="YES" VESA may or may not be relevant; it seemed to help here. Getting screen restoration through suspend/resume, from either X or vty, was my goal. > > I searched the net a found an older thread from another FreeBSD-User, > > posted to this mailing list. Link to the initial message: > > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=195067+0+archive/2006/freebsd-questions/20060723.freebsd-questions > > > > It was suggested that this would be a configuration problem, that > > something has to be changed in xorg.conf. But there isn't any solution > > provided, so I hope that someone here can help me. > > > > I'll attach Xorg.0.log with the latest crash information (it complains > > a segfault at the end), and my current xorg.conf. Can't help with that. I'll look through these later; if your conf was autodetected it's a bit different to mine. I just added stuff from a config given on the FLCL, and may have some refresh rates and such non optimal, but it's been working ok on 6.1-R here. Hope the above helps with the blank screen problem. Caveat: my T23's still running an ancient BIOS and EC that can't be updated until I find an external USB floppy drive - or go mad and install Windows or freedos? to get that done - which might also be relevant. Cheers, Ian
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