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On 2016-08-20, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > Once or twice per week, when I start X11 (via the startx program), |
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> > my display goes all black. When it happens there is no way back to |
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> > a working state: I can see that Xorg is running, I can exit it by |
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> > hitting Ctl-Alt-Backspace, but even then display does not recover. |
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> > The only thing I can do is hit Ctl-Alt-Del blindly and reboot, and |
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> > next time it usually works. |
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> Can you get back to a VC with Ctrl-Alt-F1/2? |
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The answer is yes, as in: the system does the switch. The screen is not |
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restored, though. The only way I know the switch happens is that |
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Ctl-Alt-Del works after that (it is not bound inside X). |
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Some system information, probably incomplete (feel free to ask for |
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more): |
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[2+0]~$ uname -a |
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Linux matica 4.4.6-gentoo #1 SMP Thu Jun 23 23:28:46 PDT 2016 x86_64 AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux |
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(kernel built from gentoo-sources) |
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[4+0]~$ fgrep -i chipset /var/log/Xorg.0.log |
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[ 48.269] (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets: |
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[ 48.271] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa |
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[ 48.285] (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon HD 4250" (ChipID = 0x9715) |
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[6+0]~$ fgrep -i dvi /var/log/Xorg.0.log |
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[ 48.341] (II) RADEON(0): Output DVI-0 has no monitor section |
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[ 48.385] (II) RADEON(0): EDID for output DVI-0 |
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[ 48.385] (II) RADEON(0): Printing probed modes for output DVI-0 |
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[ 48.385] (II) RADEON(0): Output DVI-0 connected |
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[ 48.386] (II) RADEON(0): Output DVI-0 using initial mode 1920x1200 |
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[8+0]~$ fgrep -i x.org /var/log/Xorg.0.log |
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X.Org X Server 1.17.4 |
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[ 47.390] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org |
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[ 47.684] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 |
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[ 47.684] X.Org Video Driver: 19.0 |
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[ 47.684] X.Org XInput driver : 21.0 |
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[ 47.684] X.Org Server Extension : 9.0 |
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[ 48.150] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation" |
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[ 48.150] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 9.0 |
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[ 48.168] (II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation" |
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[ 48.168] Module class: X.Org Video Driver |
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[ 48.168] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0 |
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[ 48.219] (II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation" |
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[ 48.219] Module class: X.Org Video Driver |
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[ 48.219] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0 |
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[ 48.239] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation" |
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[ 48.239] Module class: X.Org Video Driver |
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[ 48.239] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0 |
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[ 48.259] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation" |
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[ 48.259] Module class: X.Org Video Driver |
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[ 48.259] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0 |
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[ 48.269] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation" |
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[ 48.269] Module class: X.Org Video Driver |
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[ 48.269] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0 |
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[ 48.285] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation" |
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[ 48.285] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0 |
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[ 48.297] (II) Module exa: vendor="X.Org Foundation" |
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[ 48.297] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0 |
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[ 48.395] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation" |
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[ 48.395] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4 |
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[ 50.182] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation" |
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[ 50.182] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver |
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[ 50.182] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 21.0 |
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