From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KMvrb-0003TR-AV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:19:59 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7512EE0417; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:19:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out1.iinet.net.au (outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out1.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.108]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA1EAE0417 for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:19:56 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEAC94i0jLO9T+/2dsb2JhbACuEA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.31,257,1215360000"; d="scan'208";a="362242861" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([203.59.212.254]) by outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out1.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 27 Jul 2008 10:19:55 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8888212EFB42 for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:19:54 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id q5I-OcIXbgWr for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:19:52 +0800 (WST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (rattus [192.168.1.2]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB48E10A98CF for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:19:52 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: blank consoles after X starts From: William Kenworthy To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: <1217115456.14561.10.camel@rattus.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Home in Perth! Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:19:51 +0800 Message-Id: <1217125191.14561.12.camel@rattus.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 913c8ab5-21bd-4c4a-82db-048907c43f9b X-Archives-Hash: 86745139273d380decc4b2cb9561266b Thanks, its an R280 (9200) on an old athlon - but I'll give the upgrade a go. BillK On Sun, 2008-07-27 at 03:50 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > William Kenworthy wrote: > > I have a machine thats sudeenly lost its console sessions. I dont think > > its the kernel as the config looks ok, and it *used to work*. Its fine > > on bootup, but once X starts, switching to a console just gives a blank > > screen. > > > > Its a radeon video card using the radeon driver if that makes a > > difference > > Which Radeon? If it's an R500 chip (X1000 series) I had the same > problems on AMD64. I fixed it by upgrading to xf86-video-ati 6.9.0. > -- William Kenworthy Home in Perth!