Re: No console from X
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 08:57:29PM -0400, Ed Jabbour wrote:
> I can't get to a console from X. I.e., alt-ctrl-f1, 2 .... get me only a
> black screen with no prompt. The same thing happens if I try "console login"
> from kdm. inittab is the default. Graphics driver NVidia 173.14.09. Any
> hints, pointers, appreciated.
Hey, neither can I. I've got pretty much the same symptoms.
I'll be grateful for any eyeballs/suggestions.
Here's my data. Thanks!
I'm using a stock kernel:
cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.26-1-686 (Debian 2.6.26-10)
(waldi@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.3 20080623 (prerelease)
(Debian 4.1.2-23)) #1 SMP Sat Nov 8 19:00:26 UTC 2008
> > Does 'chvt 1' (as root) work? What Debian version (lenny/stable, ...)
> > are you using?
Ed > Running lenny. No, chvt 1 gets me the same black screen.
Running sid. Ditto, same black screen.
> > Can you switch back to X with ALT-F7 or CTRL-ALT-F7 after
> > this happens?
Ed > Yes, with either.
Ditto.
> > lspci -nn | grep -Ei 'vga|video|display|graphic'
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies
Inc RS780MC [Radeon HD 3100 Graphics] [1002:9613]
> > lsmod | grep -E 'agp|fb|nvidia'
I looked for 'ati' too.
Module Size Used by
video 16400 0
output 2912 1 video
atiixp 3396 0 [permanent]
ide_core 96168 2 atiixp,ide_pci_generic
r8169 23684 0
> > grep -Ei 'vesa|nvidia|frame|buffer' /var/log/syslog
Nothing, containing 'ati' either.
> > Furthermore, if you run
> > tail -fn0 /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> > in an X terminal and switch to the (blank) console and back,
> > you should
> > see several lines of new Xorg log entries. (You can use
> > CTRL-C to stop
> > tailing the log once you are back at X.) Post this output
> > here, please.
Blank CRTC 0 success
Disable CRTC 0 success
Disable CRTC memreq 0 success
Output 68 disable success
Blank CRTC 1 success
Disable CRTC 1 success
Disable CRTC memreq 1 success
(II) RADEON(0): RADEONRestoreMemMapRegisters() :
(II) RADEON(0): MC_FB_LOCATION : 0x00cf00c0 0x00000000
(II) RADEON(0): MC_AGP_LOCATION : 0x00000000
(II) RADEON(0): avivo_restore !
Enable CRTC memreq 1 success
Enable CRTC 1 success
Unblank CRTC 1 success
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
Output 68 disable success
Blank CRTC 0 success
Disable CRTC 0 success
Disable CRTC memreq 0 success
Blank CRTC 1 success
Disable CRTC 1 success
Disable CRTC memreq 1 success
Output 68 disable success
Blank CRTC 1 success
Disable CRTC 1 success
Disable CRTC memreq 1 success
Blank CRTC 0 success
Disable CRTC 0 success
Disable CRTC memreq 0 success
Mode 1280x800 - 1416 816 10
(II) RADEON(0): RADEONRestoreMemMapRegisters() :
(II) RADEON(0): MC_FB_LOCATION : 0x00000000 0x00cf00c0
(II) RADEON(0): MC_AGP_LOCATION : 0x003f0000
freq: 69300000
best_freq: 69298571
best_feedback_div: 813
best_ref_div: 12
best_post_div: 14
(II) RADEON(0): crtc(0) Clock: mode 69300, PLL 69290
(II) RADEON(0): crtc(0) PLL : refdiv 12, fbdiv 0x32D(813),
pdiv 14
Set CRTC PLL success
Set CRTC Timing success
Not using RMX
scaler 0 setup success
Set CRTC 0 Source success
Output 68 enable success
Enable CRTC memreq 1 success
Enable CRTC 1 success
Unblank CRTC 1 success
Enable CRTC memreq 0 success
Enable CRTC 0 success
Unblank CRTC 0 success
Blank CRTC 0 success
Disable CRTC 0 success
Disable CRTC memreq 0 success
Output 68 disable success
Blank CRTC 1 success
Disable CRTC 1 success
Disable CRTC memreq 1 success
Mode 1280x800 - 1680 828 0
(II) RADEON(0): RADEONRestoreMemMapRegisters() :
(II) RADEON(0): MC_FB_LOCATION : 0x00000000 0x00000000
(II) RADEON(0): MC_AGP_LOCATION : 0x003f0000
freq: 83460000
best_freq: 83461010
best_feedback_div: 577
best_ref_div: 11
best_post_div: 9
(II) RADEON(0): crtc(1) Clock: mode 83460, PLL 83460
(II) RADEON(0): crtc(1) PLL : refdiv 11, fbdiv 0x241(577),
pdiv 9
Set CRTC PLL success
Set CRTC Timing success
Not using RMX
scaler 1 setup success
Set CRTC 1 Source success
Output DAC1 setup success
Enable CRTC memreq 0 success
Enable CRTC 0 success
Unblank CRTC 0 success
Output 68 enable success
Enable CRTC memreq 1 success
Enable CRTC 1 success
Unblank CRTC 1 success
(II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
> > ls /dev/fb*
Nothing
$ grep -E 'VESA|NVIDIA|RADEON' /boot/config-$(uname -r)
CONFIG_AGP_NVIDIA=m
CONFIG_DRM_RADEON=m
CONFIG_FB_UVESA=m
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA=m
CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_I2C=y
# CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_BACKLIGHT=y
CONFIG_FB_RADEON=m
CONFIG_FB_RADEON_I2C=y
CONFIG_FB_RADEON_BACKLIGHT=y
# CONFIG_FB_RADEON_DEBUG is not set
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Joel Roth
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