On Jul 30, 2002 at 07:01 -0500, David Eidson wrote: > Recently upgraded 2 Debian boxes to stable/woody. Both are identical > machines, both have Trident CyberBlade video built on the mobo. X upgraded > and runs great on both machines, but if while in an X session you ctrl-alt-F? > to a console, then come back to X, the monitor loses sync. Doing an > ctrl-alt-backspace instantly restores sync and restarts the Xserver and seems > to be the only way to get X back talking to the monitor. Not a show stopper, > but a hassel having to remember to log off X, or at least not have anything > critical open, before going to a console, as kick starting the server seems > to be the only way back in. Any suggestions appreciated! > > System Kernel 2.4.18 #2 > XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510) > Release Date: 21 December 2001 > Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.17 i686 [ELF] > Module Loader present
I had a similar problem on my Trident CyberBlade-equipped laptop. The 4.2.0-0pre1v1 packages solved it for me. (xserver-xfree86, etc, basically I upgraded all the dependencies of x-window-system-core) -- Thatcher Ulrich http://tulrich.com
