Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:53:07 -0700 From: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Xorg Redux Message-ID: <4C7309E3.50202@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <4C730535.8080707@gmail.com> References: <4C72977B.9060104@comcast.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008231018080.88061@wonkity.com> <4C72B37D.2020504@comcast.net> <4C72B51C.8020901@gmail.com> <4C72B6EE.6050205@gmail.com> <4C72B8A3.2@comcast.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008231310050.88832@wonkity.com> <4C72E620.8070007@comcast.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008231531290.91902@wonkity.com> <4C72ED4D.9060909@comcast.net> <4C72F6DC.1040009@gmail.com> <4C72FDC0.5080308@comcast.net> <4C730535.8080707@gmail.com>
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On 08/23/10 16:33, Glen Barber wrote: > On 8/23/10 7:01 PM, Rem P Roberti wrote: >>> Ok, one quick question. When your screen goes blank, can you >>> [ctrl][alt][fN] to a different TTY, where N is anything between 2-7? >>> I'm curious about the machine's state when you start X. >>> >> No, when the screen goes blank the whole computer freezes. No mouse, no >> keyboard. And I also noticed that the wireless indicator freezes in the >> on position. Everything stops dead its tracks. >> > In your xorg.conf, switch 'Driver "intel"' to 'Driver "vesa"', and see > if it hangs with that. > > In addition, it might be helpful to build debugging options into your > GENERIC kernel. If you're willing to go down this path, I'll help you > get set up, but the gory details are here: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug.html > > First, let's try the "vesa" thing. > Eureka! I changed Driver to "vesa" in both of the "Device" sections and X now loads. I doubt that "vesa" is the ideal entry in the configuration, but at this point I'm not going to complain.
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