Re: Broken X (DRM errors)

["John D. Baker" <jdbaker%mylinuxisp.com@localhost>]

On Mon, 11 Apr 2011, John D. Baker wrote:

> Also, when using the "vesa" driver, it is very, very slow to initialize.
> Upon running 'startx', I see the wscons vt screen for about 30 seconds
> followed by X-server black screen for about another 30 seconds before
> the classic "grey stipple" root pattern appears, followed shortly by my
> first client application (typically 'rxvt-unicode').

OK, I paid more attention this time.  The server switches to the wscons
vt but takes about 50 seconds to switch mode and display a black screen.
The black screen lasts just a passing moment before the grey stipple
appears, followed almost immediately by my X clients.

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