On Thursday 15 January 2004 21:35, Adam Olsen wrote: > Daniela, > > When I press ctrl+alt+F1, I am on the virtual console, but I cannot see > it because I'm getting the mode out of range error. X does not > terminate - and if I press ctrl+alt+F9, I can get back to X just fine - > no more out of range error on the monitor. > > I can be on the virtual console until I startx, and which point if I > switch back to a virtual console or exit X I get the mode out of range > error. > > So basically, after I startx, something happens to the virtual console > that makes it so that if I go back to it I get the mode out of range error.
OK, do the following: use the command "startx >& somefile" and send me the file it produces. This will hopefully tell us what the problem is. > Thanks, > > Adam Olsen > > Daniela wrote: > > On Thursday 15 January 2004 20:00, Adam Olsen wrote: > >>Daniela, > >> > >>Ok - Everything works perfectly in X. When I switch to the VT, I get a > >>mode out of range error. I can switch back to X just fine. Just the VT > >>has this problem. > > > > OK, when you press, say, ctrl+alt+F1 to switch to the VT, are you still > > in X or at the console? Is the error message at the console or on the VT > > from where you entered startx? Does X terminate? > > > >>I never get the wavy text while in X. If by chance I am able to switch > >>to the VT for some reason without getting the mode out of range error, > >>all the text is waving around. This has not happened in FreeBSD 5.2, > >>but I did see it a few times in 4.8 (I don't know if I'll be able to > >>reproduce it). > > > > If you switch back to X when you get the wavy text, is everything OK > > there? Can you start X from inside a debugger? What do you have in your > > XF86Config? > > > > I'll go to sleep now, good night. > > > >>Thanks, > >> > >>Adam Olsen > >> > >>Daniela wrote: > >>>On Thursday 15 January 2004 19:29, Adam Olsen wrote: > >>>>Daniela, > >>>> > >>>>I see it when I switch to a virtual console only. When I switch back > >>>> to X, I'm ok again. Also, if I exit X, I get it the error, but I can > >>>> blindly startx again. > >>> > >>>I don't quite understand what you mean. I thought you can't switch back > >>>to VT? > >>> > >>>>At one point in FreeBSD 4.8 I could switch to the virtual console, but > >>>>everything was wavy - text was moving around (it was really weird). > >>> > >>>Could you describe this a bit more? I'm often seeing text moving around, > >>>and weird colorful stripes on the screen when I switch to X. Viewing a > >>>specific page in Mozilla triggers this. Unfortunately, I can't just open > >>>the debugger and see what's going on at this time, because I can hardly > >>>see anything on the screen. > >>>When you're able to reproduce it, then have a look at the on-screen menu > >>>of your monitor and check the frequencies, they're probably way too > >>> high. > >>> > >>>>Thanks, > >>>> > >>>>Adam Olsen > >>>> > >>>>Daniela wrote: > >>>>>On Thursday 15 January 2004 17:06, Adam Olsen wrote: > >>>>>>Hello, > >>>>>> > >>>>>>I'm using FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE and have installed the latest nvidia > >>>>>>drivers available. Everything works ok _except_ once I load X I > >>>>>> cannot switch back to the virtual console. I get a "mode out of > >>>>>> range" error. I had this problem with FreeBSD 4.8 as well. > >>>>> > >>>>>This isn't necessarily nvidia-specific, I have this too with ATI. > >>>>>Where and when exactly do you see the "mode out of range" error? > >>>>> > >>>>>My best guess would be that this is an XFree86 bug. > >>>>> > >>>>>Daniela _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
