From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 27 16:44:49 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1636BA99 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:44:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.made4.biz (mail.made4.biz [IPv6:2001:41d0:2:c018::1:3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CE4F212E for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:44:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 2a02-8428-011b-e000-0290-f5ff-fe9d-b78c.rev.sfr.net ([2a02:8428:11b:e000:290:f5ff:fe9d:b78c] helo=magellan.dumbbell.fr) by mail.made4.biz with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.84 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1XinPS-000Nsp-IN for freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:44:46 +0100 Message-ID: <544E7679.7070207@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 17:44:41 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?SmVhbi1Tw6liYXN0aWVuIFDDqWRyb24=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: HEADS UP: Enabling vt(4) by default Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7gtjCHoFeCMGWelobjbWXIfRSvvsFgmhs" X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:44:49 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --7gtjCHoFeCMGWelobjbWXIfRSvvsFgmhs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello! vt(4) is fairly usable today and we would like to enable it by default in one week (Monday November 3, 2014). For those who never used vt(4), here are its benefits: o It supports Unicode and double-width characters. o It supports the kernel video drivers (KMS) and allows to switch to and from an X session. o It supports UEFI. Of course, there are still issues. A list is available on the wiki: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons#Known_Issues And in Bugzilla: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?resolution=3D---&keywords=3D= vt Here's a summary of the major problems: o The keymap selection in bsdconfig(8), used by the installer, has not been updated to use the vt keymap list instead of the syscons one. o Only UTF-8 character maps. o The console resolution is currently fixed to the value chosen by the underlying graphics driver. o No support for several vidcontrol(1) features. o Graphics features such as mouse pointers and font setting work only in VGA graphics mode, not in VGA text mode. The goal is to fix remaining bugs in time before FreeBSD 11.0 release cyc= le. If you want to switch back to syscons, you may use the following line in /boot/loader.conf: kern.vty=3Dsc And please tell us why! :) --=20 Jean-S=C3=A9bastien P=C3=A9dron --7gtjCHoFeCMGWelobjbWXIfRSvvsFgmhs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJUTnZ+XxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ2NzA4N0ZEMUFFQUUwRTEyREJDNkE2RjAz OUU5OTc2MUE1RkQ5NENDAAoJEDnpl2Gl/ZTMWBQP/0SSBP95c1vFM6lJxzZR30SK qvIHOd384JelwZW5/JcD2+FSJT9DukJPAeD6FhshY7/Se4TndaUNvP45RpJTiVMX sVs8sZkIBjV0FKsv50yZ7SfxR/mAa1u1PuCoh2d1fJIVUonbeSgyXB0AEsNfD4xr IASVGtf4zTt7JaQfFKnrZ+HmJJHGRjoI+KgEyhtwAHZJbWgC2AWJwe2s2zgMJeHI ipTTgBE0qFOD+fK1HoeuoM/ai06Q+Cu5e+k/379XXRkBtlKdhEnAF2W6FlU52R/j uwBMWRlykGssrAFsABWrxZZq680tompmJEJA3rqD6wYs1w88rbZTt6TQ1whvGlTf VP1UDPnV/LSK767McQq9lqpgut85gm7+yjo/UZVXrWOA4K0j7XPwkxYN66eSf47h tzp7SJXI1XM5uRg+hIhoIzzDUI2nRKCWxjISEZk3rVHpUORDU728MRS5e5bkrq2H 3iFdP+dZwhXs6fuCtd5sJ9Serd3kGRJyOEqs0I2CVjWPAliLCjKCI9sH+BBj12nb okWRoQz6St62NWqt81uhPWbZk3g5KDvqU8qOqawmvM0ZAXi+eTK4LmcexfQ5q+Nk B9FvCxFVrVfQQuQZbDhvQsMjfWLD+QFl78fDmyeBOeqe+YLwCUMSwi2jQdEYKwER e9dmvL/jVJ/JRw51vUyb =XV9v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7gtjCHoFeCMGWelobjbWXIfRSvvsFgmhs--