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Old 06-07-2008, 07:13 AM   #1
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ATI Radeon 9200 SE - from X to terminal makes screen darker...and hangs


Hello.
I already searched this forum and found this thread about my problem.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...in-x11-402003/
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My problem is not the same, as mentioned sometimes before:
Screen turns black.
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NO.But it is similar.
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These are my problems:

1)
I chose starting in runlevel 4 for gui login.
Ok.
When i choose to shutdown my computer from KDE, i get back to my first
terminal, from where X and KDE are started by runlevel4-script.
But the screen is very dark, i almost can't see the message on the
terminal.
It is not complete black, it is just very dark.
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2)
While X is running, and i try to switch to other terminals by
ctrl+alt+FX, the first terminal is, as said above, very dark.
All the other terminals are dark, too.
And there is a cursor in the left upper corner, waiting for some kind
of input, but accepts none.
The cursor blinks but nothing happens, if i try to hit some keys on the
Keyboard. All terminals have this, when i leave X and switch to them,
except the first.
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The link above told me some interesting facts.
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But i also saw, that my slackware12.1 already has a radeon driver built in.
So, will i really have to go through all those steps mentioned in the link, to make my vga work correctly?

Here you can check my xorg.conf:
Quote:
bash-3.1# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "xtrap"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"
Load "extmod"
Load "record"
Load "glx"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "de(nodeadkeys)"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 320 240 # mm
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "STC"
ModelName "KM-711S"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertRefresh values to use DDC:
HorizSync 30.0 - 86.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 120.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "Dac8Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "BusType" # [<str>]
#Option "CPPIOMode" # [<bool>]
#Option "CPusecTimeout" # <i>
#Option "AGPMode" # <i>
#Option "AGPFastWrite" # [<bool>]
#Option "AGPSize" # <i>
#Option "GARTSize" # <i>
#Option "RingSize" # <i>
#Option "BufferSize" # <i>
#Option "EnableDepthMoves" # [<bool>]
#Option "EnablePageFlip" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoBackBuffer" # [<bool>]
#Option "DMAForXv" # [<bool>]
#Option "FBTexPercent" # <i>
#Option "DepthBits" # <i>
#Option "PCIAPERSize" # <i>
#Option "AccelDFS" # [<bool>]
#Option "DDCMode" # [<bool>]
#Option "IgnoreEDID" # [<bool>]
#Option "DisplayPriority" # [<str>]
#Option "PanelSize" # [<str>]
#Option "ForceMinDotClock" # <freq>
#Option "ColorTiling" # [<bool>]
#Option "VideoKey" # <i>
#Option "RageTheatreCrystal" # <i>
#Option "RageTheatreTunerPort" # <i>
#Option "RageTheatreCompositePort" # <i>
#Option "RageTheatreSVideoPort" # <i>
#Option "TunerType" # <i>
#Option "RageTheatreMicrocPath" # <str>
#Option "RageTheatreMicrocType" # <str>
#Option "ScalerWidth" # <i>
#Option "RenderAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SubPixelOrder" # [<str>]
#Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>]
#Option "DynamicClocks" # [<bool>]
#Option "VGAAccess" # [<bool>]
#Option "ReverseDDC" # [<bool>]
#Option "LVDSProbePLL" # [<bool>]
#Option "AccelMethod" # <str>
#Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
#Option "ConnectorTable" # <str>
#Option "DefaultConnectorTable" # [<bool>]
#Option "DefaultTMDSPLL" # [<bool>]
#Option "TVDACLoadDetect" # [<bool>]
#Option "ForceTVOut" # [<bool>]
#Option "TVStandard" # <str>
#Option "IgnoreLidStatus" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "radeon"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
THX!

Last edited by me-$-on; 06-07-2008 at 07:18 AM. Reason: adding sources
 
Old 06-07-2008, 11:40 PM   #2
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It sounds like a frame buffer issue. See if changing to 'vga = normal' in your lilo.conf, rerun 'lilo' and reboot. This seems to fix this issue often. If it doesn't, I don't know what to tell you.
 
Old 06-08-2008, 11:39 AM   #3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by me-$-on View Post
. . .
So, will i really have to go through all those steps mentioned in the link, to make my vga work correctly . . .
Isn't the link for Enabling 3D Acceleration?

I have ATI as well:

Code:
$ lspci | grep ATI
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (rev 01)
and I am worse off than you because I can't even use the xorg radeon driver.

I just had an idea, trying enabling BIOS int 10 calls for initializing the graphics cards and see if it helps. See my post here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...5/#post3178338

PS.
*I think* the problem of switching terminal and hangs were known problem.

Last edited by sfxpt; 06-08-2008 at 11:40 AM.
 
Old 06-08-2008, 11:40 AM   #4
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Please post back what you get, if all else fails, there is still a fail-safe solution...
 
  


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