Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 09:15:40 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "Michael D. Norwick" <mnorwick@centurytel.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with an ATI x2900 video adapter Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1104100908190.59653@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4DA1ABC5.2040902@centurytel.net> References: <4DA1156B.3080702@centurytel.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1104100039170.58000@wonkity.com> <4DA1ABC5.2040902@centurytel.net>
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On Sun, 10 Apr 2011, Michael D. Norwick wrote: > On 04/10/11 06:44, Warren Block wrote: >> >> Sounds like the video card went into power save. Pressing a shift key >> might have brought it back. >> >>> I would like to know if anyone else has experienced this or, if a PR is >>> necessary against the Xorg radeon driver. >> >> It's not clear whether you were running in the console or X. If X wasn't >> even installed yet, the radeon driver could not have been at fault. > > Yes, Xorg was running with gdm and gnome2. I was building packages from > ports in a gterm. > No, no combination of Shift-Fn or <Meta-key>-Fn did anything. The keyboard > was active as the Caps-Lock and Num-Lock lights worked. > The monitor power save features are disabled. Maybe xscreensaver? Whatever's causing it, it's not a common problem. > I wonder if the Linux Catalyst Control Center app. from ATI would work under > VirtualBox-OSE? No, the hardware is virtualized to the VM.
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