On Monday, January 05, 2015 02:42:46 PM Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > the recent update of virtual/opengl forced me to switch from my ati > [legacy] driver to the open source driver (radeon) > > While I got X11 running, my console gets blanked before I can log in > on the command line. > > Which (framebuffer?) kernel parameters have to set? > It looks like the kernel or init process (openrc) tries to switch to a > higher resolution (on the text console) when the screen (console) gets > blanked. > > (Loggin in "blindly" and invoking startx, I get a running X-server). > > Many thanks for some pointers, > Helmut
I'm not sure what is the problem there, I have amd/ati 4350 with free driver on my system, works fine with X or tty. I don't know how you configured your system, but you can always check gentoo_wiki/radeon [1], most modern amd/ati cards need non-free firmware to work properly, even for some "more basic" stuff, not only 3d (I think KMS needs non-free firmware too). [1] - http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon
