Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:13:05 -0600 From: John E Hein <jhein@timing.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Slow switch from console to X with 7.x? Message-ID: <18528.15377.743142.882852@gromit.timing.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0806231037020.60175@wonkity.com> References: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0806231037020.60175@wonkity.com>
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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.
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