Switching to virtual terminal - xorg-server 1.5 problem

EVRAMP · 2008-12-03 17:03:29

Hello,
today i updated xorg-server to 1.5, switched hotplugging off as the wiki says and all is working correct except one thing.
When i exit (or switch out of) the X session i see virtual terminal as usual, but when switching to VT4, which is for X (i have only 3 VTs in inittab set), the whole computer freezes.
Can anyone please confirm or comment this issue?
Thanks

Shaika-Dzari · 2008-12-03 17:15:12

Hello!

Are you using catalyst driver?

@+

noahsark1126 · 2008-12-03 17:51:16

I had this problem with the catalyst driver and KDE 4. I fixed it by adding the following to the device section of xorg.conf:

Option      "BackingStore" "false"

If that doesn't work, I would try disabling compositing.

Jucifer · 2008-12-03 23:13:56

EVRAMP, I've been struggling with the same problem. I guess. Starting X, killing it and then starting it again or switching to a certain vt would freeze the system.

noahsark1126's tip seems to help. Thanks. :]

(using intel driver)

edit: nope, didn't work. alt+sysrq+r helps, though

Last edited by Jucifer (2009-04-01 22:13:47)

EVRAMP · 2008-12-05 14:09:39

Thanks for answering
noahsark1126, that option didn't help me.
Shaika-Dzari i am using "nvidia" and "nv" driver (tested with both).
Here is my xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Xorg Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "true"    
    Option "AutoAddDevices"    "false"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "keyboard"
        Option      "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout" "cz, us"
    Option "XkbOptions"  "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "USB Mouse"
       Driver          "mouse"
       Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents"    "true"
        Option          "Protocol"              "IMPS/2"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
       Option          "Buttons"               "5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    Option "DPMS" "true"
    HorizSync    31.0 - 81.0
    VertRefresh  56.0 - 76.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "nVidia Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4200]"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VendorName  "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName   "All"
    Option      "BackingStore" "True"
    Option        "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
    Option        "DamageEvents" "True"
    Option        "DynamicTwinView" "False"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "nVidia Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4200]"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultColorDepth 24
    Option "NoLogo" "False"
    Option "RenderAccel" "True"
     Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "glx"
    SubSection  "extmod"
        Option    "omit xfree86-dga"
    EndSubSection
#    Load "extmod"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

I didn't try to switch off composite. Will try next time when updating to xorg-server 1.5, i rolled back to xorg-server 1.4 for now..

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#1 2008-12-03 17:03:29

Switching to virtual terminal - xorg-server 1.5 problem

#2 2008-12-03 17:15:12

Re: Switching to virtual terminal - xorg-server 1.5 problem

#3 2008-12-03 17:51:16

Re: Switching to virtual terminal - xorg-server 1.5 problem

#4 2008-12-03 23:13:56

Re: Switching to virtual terminal - xorg-server 1.5 problem

#5 2008-12-05 14:09:39

Re: Switching to virtual terminal - xorg-server 1.5 problem

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