Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 12:56:15 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <pukruppa@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Back to Console with [ctrl] + [alt] + [Fn] Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1406011253070.25952@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <538B6E46.5050100@pukruppa.de> References: <201405301430.s4UEUfFt006899@systemdatarecorder.org> <53889B5C.6090808@pukruppa.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1405300906430.7178@wonkity.com> <5388A13C.1010307@pukruppa.de> <538B6E46.5050100@pukruppa.de>
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On Sun, 1 Jun 2014, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > Am 30.05.2014 17:18, schrieb Peter Ulrich Kruppa: >> >> >> Am 30.05.2014 17:10, schrieb Warren Block: >>> On Fri, 30 May 2014, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: >>> >>>> Am 30.05.2014 16:30, schrieb Stefan Parvu: >>>>> Hi, What GPU you use ? >>>> Thanks for the hint: I have got a Radeon GPU and now, that I know what I >>>> have to look for, I find >>>> >>>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTU2MDk >>> >>> Um, yeah, let's politely ignore that. >>> >>> Switching from KMS to the console did not work because the old console >>> driver, syscons, did not know how to deal with it. The console is >>> there, but not visible. >>> >>> The new console driver, vt(4), is in 9-stable and 10-stable. It must be >>> built into the kernel instead of syscons. There is a sample kernel >>> config file called VT in /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf (or i386, if you prefer). >> That ist even better! So I simply have to rebuild with KERNCONF=VT . > Hmm, o.k. - I rebuilt my base system an I seem to have newcons: At least > the letters look different and I can type funny letters like ÄÖÜ on the > console. > Also I can exit xfce4 (by clicking "Log Out") and return to console > which wasn't possible berfore either. > > But [ctrl] + [alt] + [Fn] don't work :-( To switch from X to console, console to X, or console to alternate console? Just tried these here on 10-stable amd64, Radeon 5750, and they worked. Maybe a keymap problem or an X setting? 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[217.92.171.227]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id gi8sm25805031wib.8.2014.06.01.12.03.34 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 01 Jun 2014 12:03:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <pukruppa@googlemail.com> X-Google-Original-From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <ulrich@pukruppa.de> Message-ID: <538B7905.3050904@pukruppa.de> Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2014 21:03:33 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Back to Console with [ctrl] + [alt] + [Fn] References: <201405301430.s4UEUfFt006899@systemdatarecorder.org> <53889B5C.6090808@pukruppa.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1405300906430.7178@wonkity.com> <5388A13C.1010307@pukruppa.de> <538B6E46.5050100@pukruppa.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1406011253070.25952@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1406011253070.25952@wonkity.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2014 19:03:37 -0000 Am 01.06.2014 20:56, schrieb Warren Block: > On Sun, 1 Jun 2014, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > >> Am 30.05.2014 17:18, schrieb Peter Ulrich Kruppa: >>> >>> >>> Am 30.05.2014 17:10, schrieb Warren Block: >>>> On Fri, 30 May 2014, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: >>>> >>>>> Am 30.05.2014 16:30, schrieb Stefan Parvu: >>>>>> Hi, What GPU you use ? >>>>> Thanks for the hint: I have got a Radeon GPU and now, that I know >>>>> what I >>>>> have to look for, I find >>>>> >>>>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTU2MDk >>>> >>>> Um, yeah, let's politely ignore that. >>>> >>>> Switching from KMS to the console did not work because the old console >>>> driver, syscons, did not know how to deal with it. The console is >>>> there, but not visible. >>>> >>>> The new console driver, vt(4), is in 9-stable and 10-stable. It >>>> must be >>>> built into the kernel instead of syscons. There is a sample kernel >>>> config file called VT in /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf (or i386, if you >>>> prefer). >>> That ist even better! So I simply have to rebuild with KERNCONF=VT . >> Hmm, o.k. - I rebuilt my base system an I seem to have newcons: At least >> the letters look different and I can type funny letters like ÄÖÜ on the >> console. >> Also I can exit xfce4 (by clicking "Log Out") and return to console >> which wasn't possible berfore either. >> >> But [ctrl] + [alt] + [Fn] don't work :-( > > To switch from X to console, console to X, or console to alternate console? I can't switch from X to console. Console to console works - when I closed down X before. By the way: After shut down of X the font size in the console becomes _very_ small. Greetings Uli > > Just tried these here on 10-stable amd64, Radeon 5750, and they worked. > Maybe a keymap problem or an X setting? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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