On Nov 24, 2007 2:57 AM, Brice Goglin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ariana strangelove wrote: > > Subject: xserver-xorg: resolution switching now causes black screen > > Package: xserver-xorg > > Version: 1:7.3+6 > > Severity: important > > > > *** Please type your report below this line *** > > When switching display resolution with DRI or with Ctl-Alt-KP+/-, my > > screen in now being blanked, recovery is via Crl-Alt-bs.I haven't > > changed the nvidia modules, i know there was a new xserver-xorg-core > > around when this stopped working. > > > > Does it work with the nv driver instead of nvidia? > > Brice > > I haven't tried the nv driver and I wouldn't need to switch resolution if I were using it, it's mostly fullscreen gl apps I use that need it :) I have figured out that if i ctrl-alt-f1 and then switch back to the X console it fixes itself. workaround so i am kinda happy, it works but is inconvenient. Anyhow there is some initialization being done on a vc switch that recently stopped being done on a mode switch. Also, switching to a console produces a black screen too. i will try the nv driver, but it will be in a day or two when i feel more lucid, i have a qemu problem i'm trying to fix right now. I know it's a buffer overrun as the stack is corrupted but that leaves me wondering where...
thanks. -- ariana genevieve strangelove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>