From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 31 09:45:45 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4736661C for ; Sun, 31 May 2015 09:45:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 064591BC8 for ; Sun, 31 May 2015 09:45:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-1-78.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.1.78]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E4D2E276A0; Sun, 31 May 2015 11:45:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id t4V9ja6W002386; Sun, 31 May 2015 11:45:36 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 11:45:36 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Xavier Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: blank screen after hitting Ctrl+Alt+F1..12 from Xorg with syscons driver in any FreeBSD version and video card Message-Id: <20150531114536.6eef17d6.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 09:45:45 -0000 On Sat, 30 May 2015 20:35:56 +0200, Xavier wrote: > Hi , > > When I hitting Ctrl+Alt+F1..12 from Xorg I get a blank screen. I not see any. > > I need a syscons because I need VGA text mode ( Newcons don't support > VGA text mode ). > > Any way to debug this issue ? Does switching to vt help? https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...