On Die, 2002-11-19 at 03:42, Ross Vumbaca wrote: > > Michel Dänzer wrote: > > On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 17:04, Ross Vumbaca wrote: > > >>Finally, if I am not using radeonfb, and am using plain VGA console, and > >>I load X with radeon driver, then exit X, the screen goes blank (monitor > >>enter power saving mode) and nothing I do will bring it back. > > > I assume this also happens when you switch from X to console? It's > > probably because the radeon driver assumes there are no PPC boxen with > > VGA console, so it doesn't save and restore VGA state (because that > > doesn't work on Macs in turn). Clearly a better condition than #ifdef > > __powerpc__ needs to be found. > > Just tested it, yep! If I switch from X to plain VGA console (while > running X), it also happens. It must be what you say.
If you have the source, look for vgaHW calls in radeon_driver.c and try disabling the PPC specific hacks. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
