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Date:      Fri, 3 Oct 2014 15:31:11 +0100
From:      Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org>
To:        Jean-S?bastien P?dron <dumbbell@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Removal of legacy X.Org (aka non-WITH_NEW_XORG)
Message-ID:  <20141003143111.GA41347@in-addr.com>
In-Reply-To: <542E6C67.9020105@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20141003083051.GA52332@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <542E6775.7050505@gmail.com> <542E6C67.9020105@FreeBSD.org>

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On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 11:29:11AM +0200, Jean-S?bastien P?dron wrote:
> On 03.10.2014 11:08, Rolf Nielsen wrote:
> > I'm running new X.Org with sc, and I have been doing so for quite
> > some time, and I have no problem with console switching. Works
> > perfectly. I'm using nvidia-driver-331.67_1
> 
> I forgot to explain why it works with syscons: the NVIDIA driver (like
> old Intel/AMD UMS drivers) takes care of restoring the GPU in a state
> that syscons can use (eg. VGA text mode on a PC).

What is the impact of the proposed change on nvidia users on 9.2 or 9.3?
I don't want to update to 10.x yet.

Thanks,

Gary



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