From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 24 00:13:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F351106567E for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:13:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhein@timing.com) Received: from Daffy.timing.com (mx1.timing.com [206.168.13.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C30D88FC0A for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:13:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhein@timing.com) Received: from gromit.timing.com (gromit.timing.com [206.168.13.209]) by Daffy.timing.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m5O0D9su068594; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:13:09 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from jhein@timing.com) Received: from gromit.timing.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gromit.timing.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m5O0D6lo040808; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:13:06 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from jhein@gromit.timing.com) Received: (from jhein@localhost) by gromit.timing.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m5O0D6MW040804; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:13:06 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from jhein) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18528.15377.743142.882852@gromit.timing.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:13:05 -0600 From: John E Hein To: Warren Block In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.1.1 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.91.2, clamav-milter version 0.91.2 on Daffy.timing.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Slow switch from console to X with 7.x? X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:13:10 -0000 Warren Block wrote at 10:54 -0600 on Jun 23, 2008: > Just switched a 6.3 system to 7-STABLE and then csupped and rebuilt all > ports. No CPU optimizations in /etc/make.conf. > > The only serious difference seems to be switching from a text console to > X (Alt-F9). Graphic mode screen shows immediately (but not completely, > looks like the wrong bit depth) and then there's a lag of about five > seconds, then the screen is is drawn correctly. > > That switch took a second or so on 6.3. No difference with or without > VESA/SC_PIXEL_MODE in the kernel, and switching from X to a text console > (Ctrl-Alt-F1) seems the same as before, about a second. Slow switching with usb keyboards is a known problem, but I don't think that is a 7.x regression, and I don't recall if it matters if you go from text->graphics or vice versa.