From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 15 13:16:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64A35106567C for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:16:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.188]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3B288FC16 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:16:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id i2so1759299mue.3 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:16:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=wV6qT31KvEBIkAosPx6WAVf12zvi9MOdWxuWMoGjwtg=; b=BZh1IW3oG1TfcTKr3hbVNBr9ga9HKozFUZONdSz4uKF2+mq22B/X2qhP45Aiy8SSKI pZL/mA0MEUoCy51rElKn4xJclhpH2/J7Pp7Zb1ig3AVp7GpgEM7FXgrZS7EOWG6/ZLoB KYiiLDy0dQe+/E0879qbON6HwrEDo8MpVUViM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=k8c78PPUm+JwTk3EIFDIEiq97aY4D0CyRyM3gFCK5iNBlRQJ0B4pndhQ/rDAb/xS1Y oa7tPDLxXhpy6QXfwkvEBRGHoATuwtZR5a6mz8GOOArOjddFFN7eaKRBwSJayR3GhdU3 3CHRO1+udxnIiM7O/tGr9Smmat6VGTBDdFkWc= Received: by 10.103.172.9 with SMTP id z9mr644891muo.109.1226754972218; Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:16:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.103.169.16 with HTTP; Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:16:12 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4ad871310811150516l7c94e763tabbba31027187dcd@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:16:12 -0500 From: "Glen Barber" To: "Bernt Hansson" In-Reply-To: <491E781C.3090405@bah.homeip.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <491E781C.3090405@bah.homeip.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with Xfce & console X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:16:14 -0000 On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:19 AM, Bernt Hansson wrote: > Hello list > > When exiting xfce to return to my console, xfce put my graphicscard in > an unusable state i.e no picture and my monitors led blinks slowly as if > it where in powersave/suspend mode. This do not happen with fluxbox, > windowmaker or twm. Commenting out the "Virtual" directive helps but > then I have to set the reolution every time xfce is started. > > The other WM's get really strange resolutions if "Virtual" is commented > out, like 2880x1400 and such. > > Is it a driver or xfce issue? > > %uname -a > FreeBSD testbox 7.0-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p3 #0: Thu Aug 28 > 14:13:44 CEST 2008 root@testbox:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > xorg.conf > > Section "Device" > Identifier "his radeon 3870" > Driver "radeon" > # BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > Option "DDCMode" "1" Driver specific option > Option "PanelSize" "1280x1024" Driver specific option > EndSection > > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen 1" > Device "his radeon 3870" > Monitor "Hitachi CM752ET" > DefaultDepth 24 > > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024" "1600x1200" > Virtual 1280 1024 > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > EndSection > Are you using the proper driver? Is the driver up to date? I have posted several times on this list regarding this issue. I have had the same problem with my nVidia card (when I don't have the driver installed). Did you install the driver from ports, pkg_add? (Or at all?) -- Glen Barber "If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done." --Scott Adams