Re: 2.6.0-test9-ruby: console switch on VT0 disrupts XFree86 on VT1

[Wayne W. <wh...@Ma...>]

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Aivils Stoss wrote:

> PrefBusID hide video adapters from xf86. Actualy xf86 see and use one
> video adapter given by PrefBusID. 1st xf86 schould not touch 2nd. xf86
> is crazy like as fox, if that destroy 2nd desktop without access.

Well, something is crazy like a fox, since my 2nd Radeon display gets
disrupted.  Perhaps I should mention that both my displays are DFPs.  I
did try hackvideo, that makes no difference.  How can I capture the state
of the 2nd radeon before and after the disruption, to figure out in what
way the 2nd radeon has been disrupted?  Or any other suggestions on how to
debug this?

A couple other comments about 2.6.0-test9-ruby:

When I am using the text console (vgacon?) and switch from one vc to
another on VT0, sometime the destination vc is restored with the cursor in
the wrong place.  Typically the cursor should be at the bottom of the
screen and is restored instead half way up the screen.

After a fresh boot, if I run from a text vc on VT0 "startx --layout
Layout1 vt17 &", where Layout1 is set up to use my second radeon, then X
comes up fine on the 2nd radeon.  However, the text vc is now frozen.  I'm
not sure if it is just output or both output and input.  Is this possibly
related to the "VGA routing" that X does for the 2nd radeon, disrupting
vgacon on the 1st radeon?

Thanks for your help.

Cheers,
Wayne