Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:19:35 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keep using syscons -- how? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410230918080.18849@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20141023035413.e5335aeb.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410220417480.92223@abbf.ynefrvtuareubzr.pbz> <20141022072744.9a7574eb.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410220720480.92707@abbf.ynefrvtuareubzr.pbz> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410220920430.56146@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410221805320.94748@abbf.ynefrvtuareubzr.pbz> <20141023035413.e5335aeb.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2014, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:12:50 -0500 (CDT), Lars Eighner wrote: > >>>> Text mode is robust. That is really the bottom line. >>> >>> Use vt(4) in text mode: >> >> Yes, just like Linux. What I am asking is where do I have to freeze to >> avoid this? At what point is cons25l1 and xwindows to vtty switching still >> available? > > I think FreeBSD 9 will do, whereas FreeBSD 10.1 will probably > have the new environment by default... GENERIC in 10.1 has both vt(4) and sc(4) in the kernel, so either can be chosen in loader.conf. I don't know if there are plans for vt(4) to be able to switch back to text mode. Interested parties should contact those working on the code.
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