[XFree86] lost consoles (GLINT)
Whenever I startx the virtual consoles all disappear (No video signal); but the server runs fine on tty7. When I exit the server I have no consoles. The only way I've found to restore the consoles is to reboot the machine--which is frustrating. Machine: Dell Precision 410 Video: Diamond FireGL 1000 Pro. OS: Debian Woody Can anyone recommend a fix? ---XFree86.0.log XFree86 Version 4.3.0 Release Date: 27 February 2003 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.20 i686 [ELF] Build Date: 07 March 2003 Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/ to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Mon Jul 7 11:20:12 2003 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" (==) ServerLayout "XFree86 Configured" (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "ViewSonic VG150" (**) | |-->Device "Diamond Fire GL 1000 PRO" (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0" (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0" (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/etc/X11/fonts/Speedo/". Entry deleted from font path. (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/etc/X11/fonts/Speedo/"). (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/etc/X11/fonts/Type1/". Entry deleted from font path. (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/etc/X11/fonts/Type1/"). (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID". Entry deleted from font path. (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"). (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType". Entry deleted from font path. (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"). (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/ X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" (**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" (--) using VT number 7 (WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory) (II) Module ABI versions: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2 XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6 XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4 XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2 XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a (II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4 (II) Loading font Bitmap (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a (II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6 (II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1 (II) PCI: Config type is 1 (II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x8000880c, mode1Res1 = 0x8000 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,7190 card 1028,0080 rev 03 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,7191 card , rev 03 class 06,04,00 hdr 01 (II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 8086,7110 card , rev 02 class 06,01,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:07:1: chip 8086,7111 card , rev 01 class 01,01,80 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:07:2: chip 8086,7112 card , rev 01 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:07:3: chip 8086,7113 card , rev 02 class 06,80,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:0d:0: chip 104c,3d07 card 1092,0136 rev 01 class 03,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:0e:0: chip 109e,0350 card , rev 12 class 04,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 10b7,9055 card 1028,0080 rev 00 class 02,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:13:0: chip 1011,0024 card , rev 03 class 06,04,00 hdr 01 (II) PCI: 02:0a:0: chip 9005,001f card 1028,0080 rev 00 class 01,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 02:0e:0: chip 9004,8078 card 9004,7880 rev 01 class 01,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: End of PCI scan (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,2), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 0 I/O range: [0] -1 0 0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] (II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) PCI-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0084 (VGA_EN is cleared) (II) PCI-to-ISA bridge: (II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:7:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set) (II) PCI-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:19:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0006 (VGA_EN is cleared) (II) Bus 2 I/
Re: [XFree86] lost consoles (GLINT)
XF86Config-4 was generated by "XFree86 -config" with a few minor changes to: a) declare the actual mouse device b) declare monitor (HorizSync, VertRefresh) ranges c) declare DefaultDepth for the screen d) add Modes to each Screen:Display sub-section. So unless "XFree86 -config" is doing somehing odd On Monday, July 7, 2003, at 11:59 AM, Måns Rullgård wrote: Rich Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Whenever I startx the virtual consoles all disappear (No video signal); but the server runs fine on tty7. When I exit the server I have no consoles. The only way I've found to restore the consoles is to reboot the machine--which is frustrating. Machine: Dell Precision 410 Video: Diamond FireGL 1000 Pro. OS: Debian Woody I have one of those cards, and it works fine with XFree86 4.3.0 in linux 2.5.68. The only quirk I've noticed is that when switching back to a text console, some colors have been modified. It never bothered me much, so I haven't dug into it. Do you have something strange in your XF86Config? One possible workaround could be to use the framebuffer console. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] lost consoles (GLINT)
Hmm...Googling on "XFree86 using framebuffer" I stumbled across: http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.5 I've been running the Debian installation kernel vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4. This kernel is configured _without_ CONFIG_FB_PM2. I wonder, could the problem lie with a kernel/hw mismatch? Or am I barking up the wrong tree? There's only a finite number of ways to find out --rich On Monday, July 7, 2003, at 11:59 AM, Måns Rullgård wrote: Rich Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Whenever I startx the virtual consoles all disappear (No video signal); but the server runs fine on tty7. When I exit the server I have no consoles. The only way I've found to restore the consoles is to reboot the machine--which is frustrating. Machine: Dell Precision 410 Video: Diamond FireGL 1000 Pro. OS: Debian Woody I have one of those cards, and it works fine with XFree86 4.3.0 in linux 2.5.68. The only quirk I've noticed is that when switching back to a text console, some colors have been modified. It never bothered me much, so I haven't dug into it. Do you have something strange in your XF86Config? One possible workaround could be to use the framebuffer console. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] lost consoles (GLINT) - SOLVED
That was it. The problem lay in how the Frame buffer was driven. Three mods were required to get it to work properly 1. new kernel as spec'd in http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.5 2. declare the fb device to lilo as spec'd in http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.5 3. enable "UseFBDev" in Device section of XF86Config-4 (see glint and fbdevhw pages). --rich On Monday, July 7, 2003, at 04:57 PM, Rich Johnson wrote: Hmm...Googling on "XFree86 using framebuffer" I stumbled across: http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.5 I've been running the Debian installation kernel vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4. This kernel is configured _without_ CONFIG_FB_PM2. I wonder, could the problem lie with a kernel/hw mismatch? Or am I barking up the wrong tree? There's only a finite number of ways to find out --rich On Monday, July 7, 2003, at 11:59 AM, Måns Rullgård wrote: Rich Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Whenever I startx the virtual consoles all disappear (No video signal); but the server runs fine on tty7. When I exit the server I have no consoles. The only way I've found to restore the consoles is to reboot the machine--which is frustrating. Machine: Dell Precision 410 Video: Diamond FireGL 1000 Pro. OS: Debian Woody I have one of those cards, and it works fine with XFree86 4.3.0 in linux 2.5.68. The only quirk I've noticed is that when switching back to a text console, some colors have been modified. It never bothered me much, so I haven't dug into it. Do you have something strange in your XF86Config? One possible workaround could be to use the framebuffer console. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] no screen after exiting X from startx
gabe-- It's a shot it the dark, but...check to see if your kernel has Radeon display support enabled. I encountered the same symptoms running a distribution kernel (Debian Woody) with a FireGL 1000 Pro Card. In my case all the virtual consoles went away when _entering_ X with startx. But that wasn't apparent until you exited X. I built a new kernel with the correct options and, _voila_, the problem went away. Also, a good reference is: http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html On Thursday, July 10, 2003, at 01:04 PM, gabebf wrote: I saw this posted in the groups, but no response there. I start X 4.3.0 from startx, and works fine, but on exit, I don't have a screen, but i can type "shutdown -r now", blindly, and it works. What is it? I have an ati radeon 7500, and have the problem on both an lcd and a crt monitor. I'm running fvwm 2.4.15. gabe ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
