Cannot switch back to virtual terminal w/ nvidia drivers

[Adam Olsen]

Daniela,

When I press ctrl+alt+F1, I am on the virtual console, but I cannot see 
it because I'm getting the mode out of range error.  X does not 
terminate - and if I press ctrl+alt+F9, I can get back to X just fine - 
no more out of range error on the monitor.

I can be on the virtual console until I startx, and which point if I 
switch back to a virtual console or exit X I get the mode out of range 
error.

So basically, after I startx, something happens to the virtual console 
that makes it so that if I go back to it I get the mode out of range error.

Thanks,

Adam Olsen

Daniela wrote:
> On Thursday 15 January 2004 20:00, Adam Olsen wrote:
> 
>>Daniela,
>>
>>Ok - Everything works perfectly in X.  When I switch to the VT, I get a
>>mode out of range error.  I can switch back to X just fine.  Just the VT
>>has this problem.
> 
> 
> OK, when you press, say, ctrl+alt+F1 to switch to the VT, are you still in X 
> or at the console? Is the error message at the console or on the VT from 
> where you entered startx? Does X terminate?
> 
> 
> 
>>I never get the wavy text while in X.  If by chance I am able to switch
>>to the VT for some reason without getting the mode out of range error,
>>all the text is waving around.  This has not happened in FreeBSD 5.2,
>>but I did see it a few times in 4.8 (I don't know if I'll be able to
>>reproduce it).
> 
> 
> If you switch back to X when you get the wavy text, is everything OK there?
> Can you start X from inside a debugger? What do you have in your XF86Config?
> 
> I'll go to sleep now, good night.
> 
> 
> 
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Adam Olsen
>>
>>Daniela wrote:
>>
>>>On Thursday 15 January 2004 19:29, Adam Olsen wrote:
>>>
>>>>Daniela,
>>>>
>>>>I see it when I switch to a virtual console only.  When I switch back to
>>>>X, I'm ok again.  Also, if I exit X, I get it the error, but I can
>>>>blindly startx again.
>>>
>>>I don't quite understand what you mean. I thought you can't switch back
>>>to VT?
>>>
>>>
>>>>At one point in FreeBSD 4.8 I could switch to the virtual console, but
>>>>everything was wavy - text was moving around (it was really weird).
>>>
>>>Could you describe this a bit more? I'm often seeing text moving around,
>>>and weird colorful stripes on the screen when I switch to X. Viewing a
>>>specific page in Mozilla triggers this. Unfortunately, I can't just open
>>>the debugger and see what's going on at this time, because I can hardly
>>>see anything on the screen.
>>>When you're able to reproduce it, then have a look at the on-screen menu
>>>of your monitor and check the frequencies, they're probably way too high.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Adam Olsen
>>>>
>>>>Daniela wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Thursday 15 January 2004 17:06, Adam Olsen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm using FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE and have installed the latest nvidia
>>>>>>drivers available.  Everything works ok _except_ once I load X I cannot
>>>>>>switch back to the virtual console.  I get a "mode out of range" error.
>>>>>>I had this problem with FreeBSD 4.8 as well.
>>>>>
>>>>>This isn't necessarily nvidia-specific, I have this too with ATI.
>>>>>Where and when exactly do you see the "mode out of range" error?
>>>>>
>>>>>My best guess would be that this is an XFree86 bug.
>>>>>
>>>>>Daniela
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