[gentoo-user] Re: blank consoles after X starts

[Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>]

William Kenworthy wrote:
> Thanks, its an R280 (9200) on an old athlon - but I'll give the upgrade
> a go.

I don't think it will help on R280 (and it's not worth the hassle as 
xf86-video-ati 6.9.0 pulls in many ~arch packages (maybe [M] too even).

As a starter, comment out every fancy stuff in xorg.conf and only use 
the bare minimum. Something like this:

Section "Files"
    # Your font paths here.
EndSection


Section "Device"
     Identifier "Blabla"
     Driver     "radeon"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
     Identifier  "Screen 1"
     Device      "Blabla"
     DefaultDepth 24
     Subsection "Display"
         Depth       8
         Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
         ViewPort    0 0
     EndSubsection
     Subsection "Display"
         Depth       16
         Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
         ViewPort    0 0
     EndSubsection
     Subsection "Display"
         Depth       24
         Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
         ViewPort    0 0
     EndSubsection
EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"
     Identifier  "Simple Layout"
     Screen "Screen 1"
EndSection


Section "DRI"
     Mode 0666
EndSection