On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:01:44PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 14:15:52 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 11:45:35PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 10:26:00 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > > > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 08:28:42PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > > > On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 20:26:50 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > [...] > > > > > > > I'm running a recent Toshiba laptop. The black screen chvt 1 > > > > > > problem hits when I use an external monitor. > > > > > > > > > > > > With the built-in monitor the switching occurs just fine. > > [...] > > > > > FWIW it's a Toshiba L305D-S5890. > > > > > > > > I get an external monitor to work by booting with the cable > > > > plugged into my RGB connector. > > [...] > > > > > $ sudo modprobe -v radeonfb > > > > insmod > > > > /lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.ko > > > > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/drivers/video/fb_ddc.ko > > > > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/drivers/video/aty/radeonfb.ko > > > > > > > > lsmod | grep radeon > > > > > > > > radeonfb 91680 0 > > > > fb_ddc 2080 1 radeonfb > > > > i2c_algo_bit 5188 1 radeonfb > > > > i2c_core 19828 4 radeonfb,fb_ddc,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_piix4 > > > > > > But still no luck with switching to the console, I assume? > > > > I still have to test this with an external monitor. > > [...] > > > > > > Did you ever try using the "radeonhd" driver for xorg? > > > > > > > > No, not yet. Would that be using 'dbkg-reconfigure xserver-org' ?? > > > > > > You can just edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf, replace "radeon" or "ati" > > > with "radeonhd" and restart X. (The package xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd > > > has to be installed.) > > > > I just updated many xorg packages to get xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd > > > > Look how simple xorg.conf has become!! > > > > And not obvious where to configure for radeonhd. > > > > # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file) > > [...] > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Configured Video Device" > > EndSection > > You can add to this section, e.g.: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Configured Video Device" > Driver "radeonhd" > Option "AccelMethod" "default" > EndSection > > You can try other options mentioned in "man radeonhd"; you can also > go back to the "radeon" driver and experiment options from its manpage. > > It would also be interesting if switching to the "vesa" driver restores > VT switching. > > The radeonhd driver seems to support RandR; you can experiment with that > according to "man xrandr".
Thanks for these tips, Florian! I was unaware of the man pages, will experiment and post if I find out anything of interest (or have more questions!) Appreciate your help. Joel > -- > Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer > Florian | > > -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
