I made the jump from FreeBSD 7.3 to 8.1 a couple of weeks ago and I haven't been able to sort out this problem: whenever I start X, it destroys all my virtual consoles. When I do Ctrl+Alt+F1, the text mode is corrupted with mostly vertical lines. If I exit X, the problem persists. I can still type blind here, I've been able to restart X or restart the machine from the command line, despite the fact I can't make out what I'm typing.
I'm at work right now, so I can't post my xorg.conf, but there wasn't a significant difference between my 7.3 and 8.1 files. I am using the "nv" driver. I'm running an old RIVA TNT card, and I compiled the x11/nvidia-driver-71xx port, but it didn't work, and after googling the problem, I found a site that led me to believe that the issue was code that would never be updated, so I've never been able to run the "nvidia" driver.
Its not a major issue since I can run terminals in X, but this is a server and I usually don't run X unless its necessary. Any suggestions?
I'm at work right now, so I can't post my xorg.conf, but there wasn't a significant difference between my 7.3 and 8.1 files. I am using the "nv" driver. I'm running an old RIVA TNT card, and I compiled the x11/nvidia-driver-71xx port, but it didn't work, and after googling the problem, I found a site that led me to believe that the issue was code that would never be updated, so I've never been able to run the "nvidia" driver.
Its not a major issue since I can run terminals in X, but this is a server and I usually don't run X unless its necessary. Any suggestions?