Xorg starts but then all other terminals crash

junkiex · n00b Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 4

Hello.

I just recently finished installing Gentoo for the first time. I'm very excited, but still getting used to the differences with Debian, the distro I migrated from.

Probably the most difficult part has been setting up the X system. I did manage to make it work, but now when I startX all other tty's crash, they won't work.

I have an ATI Radeon Xpress 200M on an Intel Pentium 4 3.00 Ghz. Motherboard Intel D101GGC and using Gentoo 2006.1 with kernel 2.6.17-r8.

This is my xorg.conf file:

erik258 · Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:00 pm Post subject:

i don't know if it would help, but if you share my opinion that recompiling the kernel and trying a new image is a lot easier than mucking around in the labyrinth of X, I think you should try a kernel with splash images and framebuffer consoles left out entirely. (I don't think the video mode selection should matter, but if you aren't even using a frambuffer console i don't see why you wouldn't just take out all but the very basicmost of vitrual terminal/console options
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junkiex · n00b Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 4

I will probably recompile the kernel, but thing is I do use framebuffer consoles. I turned off the framebuffer and what I got was my monitor going in some kind of stand-by mode when switching to the other terminals. Weird thing is, (I forgot to mention before) if I do not start X, all tty's work perfectly, with or without framebuffer.

I used genkernel to compile, because I've been finishing this installation process for like three days now (I love how much I've learned but I really can't stand working in Windows). Now that I have this working kernel I can start recompiling without not having to run Linux.

Thank you very much for the advice.

erik258 · Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:39 pm Post subject:

i remember somebody having this problem before, and i've had it myself. I did eventually manage to solve it myself the one time I had it by running the consoles in framebuffer (i was using framebuffer for x as well) . a friend of mine long ago had the problem with their ati card (radeon of some kind, this is 2002 and it was newish) and i don't remember how they fixed it, if at all.

can you get by without leaving X?
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junkiex · n00b Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 4

Then I guess I may have a wrong concept of framebuffer consoles. I though all I had to do to run consoles in framebuffer was add the vga=791 in the grub.conf file... please correct me if I'm wrong. :oops:

X works perfectly, it won't crash or whatsoever. It's just I usually use the other tty's and really would love having them back. Besides, I kinda like everything working as it should... hehehehe.

Thanks a lot again, and if you could send me some info on framebuffering I would deeply appreciate it. If not I'll try to google around later.

Thanks a lot again