Q re /usr/share/hwdata files

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 03 April 2008, Matthew Garrett wrote:
>On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 01:52:26PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> I note, in mucking around in the yumex database, that there is no
>> radeonhd.xinf file in xorg-x11-drv-ati or in  xorg-x11-drv-radeonhd.
>
>That would be a distribution issue, not an xorg one.

Oh?  You are saying there is one if I build from src?

>> I'm attempting to see if I can figure out how to restore my tty1 console
>> when I exit x.  As it is, the video totally stops and the monitor shuts
>> down when I exit x now.  No consoles are available of the 6 default ones.
>> The only action I tried so far is to blindly type reboot, or the vulcan
>> nerve pinch on ctl-alt-del.  It may be possible to re-'startx', and I will
>> try that the next time I reboot.
>
>And that sounds like radeonhd failing to reprogram the mode correctly on
>exit, which you're not going to solve with any number of configuration
>files. Have you tried radeon, to see whether it's a general bug or one
>specific to a driver?

Once, x refused to start.  It is installed.  Was I miss-configured?

Thanks.

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