In article <20020519014025.GA2304@zoo.bernard.org>,
	Jim Bernard <jbernard@mines.edu> writes:
>  OK, I just tried matching your kernel config and wscons.conf (except for
> the number of vt's, which I have set to 4), and it didn't make any
> difference.

Strange. I cannot really imagine that it is related to the X11 configuration
because it happens for multiple graphic cards. But here is my X11
configuration:

Section "Module"
    Load        "extmod"
    Load        "GLcore" 
    Load        "dbe"  	# Double buffer extension
    Load        "record"
    Load        "speedo"
    Load        "type1"
    Load        "freetype"
    Load       "glx"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/PEX/"
    FontPath   "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
    FontPath   "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/intlfonts/"
    FontPath   "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/pkg/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier	"Keyboard1"
    Driver	"Keyboard"
    Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"

    Option "XkbRules"	"xfree86"
    Option "XkbModel"	"pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout"	"us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier	"Mouse1"
    Driver	"mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "WSMouse"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/wsmouse"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "EIZO FlexScan F67"
    HorizSync   30-96
    VertRefresh 50-160
    Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier	"Standard VGA"
    VendorName	"Unknown"
    BoardName	"Unknown"
    Driver     "vga"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "ATI Radeon 8500"
    Driver      "radeon"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "ATI Radeon 8500"
    Monitor     "EIZO FlexScan F67"
    DefaultDepth 16
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier  "Simple Layout"
    Screen "Screen 1"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

> The screen is still virtually black when I switch from the vt running X to
> another one and when I exit X.  I don't use xdm.

Could you please try to use "xdm"?

	Kind regards

-- 
Matthias Scheler                                  http://scheler.de/~matthias/