From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Sat Nov 18 15:42:20 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4B33DBE02F for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2017 15:42:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ohartmann@walstatt.org) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.15.15]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.gmx.net", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 128B573DBB; Sat, 18 Nov 2017 15:42:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ohartmann@walstatt.org) Received: from thor.intern.walstatt.dynvpn.de ([78.55.200.217]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx001 [212.227.17.190]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MMCFR-1eFFNO1NeP-008653; Sat, 18 Nov 2017 16:42:11 +0100 Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 16:42:03 +0100 From: "O. Hartmann" To: Andriy Gapon Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org, Alexey Dokuchaev Subject: Re: nvidia driver Message-ID: <20171118164203.1d28604d@thor.intern.walstatt.dynvpn.de> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: WALSTATT User-Agent: OutScare 3.1415926 X-Operating-System: ImNotAnOperatingSystem 3.141592527 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; boundary="Sig_/8Vg+yCgBH9ZrWDDsc/RkX/p"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:TnpDSAkIWF3M0wX/EYtjQFLTtevHk4n8VQaapQkrmzNXD98R9MS uEcb9CQo+CDI1GS1TMRUqNIUudrM87/MGx+tjEQRmxfpaWh0W+9qlZdBUujNyJ7r0Du/lEI jTnEy9Jf69nriGLmwf7AwXYJYvlpq6V9Txmb96HrO52q+FOW2KJNC8LbhHUxth4AsjYhNoY eplFTxRDv8RHB+abQz8iw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:sS8OVkXhlWQ=:VK9ucUEVm6Jgl6Qfwvs8hx Hk87aRsRiBvcAaxgNZ5UJSRLXj/GxzwAT1tO4V3MGZg5Q+zC7O/CyqpiZYYkqc6sxRbYPkdYV KCWHBHKpyTTRZZtbjX4B6ZjjzU3qfw/tzOlc5HSqy0gNpmBTFHRqdQbVTa16sSnHv0hEQ30aX 5SuriKLLY1IdfE/cD492D7N2bRizt05JV0+W7OtI/oTMnPVsHkQYRYf1JUEs0MNRZeZVAaNpm luqn2wXjtrpPugzUWTeNJ4Z+PYz+CfsMhQiEWYRclxOKxOVRuY0zffQ38Qrbf/riJ0MYjVQp/ SHvP2retuu6VylQr/+/L08+RhdTG/qmucrvZTe8lL8GWF9NucS01ccWNly8X0+rXpRypuWQqY fvlmddhs66j44Ia1UDLk8wJfpCQhDYz7Zew7327dhzleaE2IU4Se8UZAc2uNTtCB4YCUNQ6PS ZireZhmm2NsYzAxTVw17pfuwDE7YnZxG9DNA82oY2dsMfAnMWAVNJ8LTjGr6czEAStcyw+cDr WLHwNCtZBmfh/dAzJOZ2FFaz2GFDLGCXFxM78lms/emGGxvcSDdw7GDGbspSyNpIegr28DyO9 0/Mv7PMp/HdtDQqZyVwohvXXlFrh7xIvFn9wGNA/v9CdDgUR6b195S5yoSo6rdkB78ar1gXC/ 0AI3HWdDkL4b5AFy18HPDnaaOUeLJg5U6xbANDsvRWHMxcQ319JDyVEQ4JfxbHsLhO2dwTHj1 D/2MBHXJnyBExRGXH0YdpZFGbS994bzMifwubiZLFLxd0jFsRW/47V7q8bn1+b7K1Rf1JGLro 6r4Bhop7TsjCL/nEQ3u0ReY1l/dWA== X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 15:42:20 -0000 --Sig_/8Vg+yCgBH9ZrWDDsc/RkX/p Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am Fri, 17 Nov 2017 12:39:15 +0200 Andriy Gapon schrieb: > I would like to clarify a couple of things about x11/nvidia-driver, becau= se they > don't seem to be spelled out in the package documentation (pkg-message, e= tc). >=20 > First, it seems that the driver requires that syscons (device sc) is comp= iled > into the kernel. Even if vt is actually used sc still must be present, b= ecause > otherwise the module would fail to load: > > link_elf_obj: symbol sc_get_softc undefined =20 Me, too. >=20 > Also, from my experiments it seems that switching between X and text cons= oles > works only with syscons. If vt is used then there is a garbage on the sc= reen > after switching to a text console. > Is this true? Yes, on some UEFI-boot only boxes vt() seems to be the only console driver = to provide high resolution text, but the moment nvidia.ko is loaded, the console is bl= ack or garbled and de facto unusable. >=20 > Finally, it seems that syscons should not use any VESA ("graphic") modes. > On my system the screen becomes garbled and neither X nor text consoles a= re > usable if I enabled any VESA mode via device hints. >=20 > It would be nice to describe these things in pkg-message. >=20 > Thanks! >=20 --=20 O. Hartmann Ich widerspreche der Nutzung oder =C3=9Cbermittlung meiner Daten f=C3=BCr Werbezwecke oder f=C3=BCr die Markt- oder Meinungsforschung (=C2=A7 28 Abs.= 4 BDSG). --Sig_/8Vg+yCgBH9ZrWDDsc/RkX/p Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iLUEARMKAB0WIQQZVZMzAtwC2T/86TrS528fyFhYlAUCWhBUywAKCRDS528fyFhY lClVAgCpYBCYtcTCIU1MIK+WPftjG9a5dcg6TYlAO5eRm7tVU+nFeJoUNTwb4nCq KFcsLF5Lqj9kETjXbcoQQoBx3u+8Af4rXUUeDelIxucl7VdReNyt5TzciFVdBT9O y9W2IRCCiBrc+Olby2KthPADm7ar5HtL6TzgwZY33YgYPS+HD63N =PQaF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/8Vg+yCgBH9ZrWDDsc/RkX/p--