Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2017 16:57:19 +0100 (CET) From: Marco Beishuizen <mbeis@xs4all.nl> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: nvidia driver Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.21.1711181652370.72630@yokozuna> In-Reply-To: <aa478dad-b750-b976-852b-ac5b50877502@FreeBSD.org> References: <aa478dad-b750-b976-852b-ac5b50877502@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, 17 Nov 2017, the wise Andriy Gapon wrote: > First, it seems that the driver requires that syscons (device sc) is > compiled into the kernel. Even if vt is actually used sc still must be > present, because otherwise the module would fail to load: >> link_elf_obj: symbol sc_get_softc undefined > > Also, from my experiments it seems that switching between X and text > consoles works only with syscons. If vt is used then there is a garbage > on the screen after switching to a text console. Is this true? Switching to console from X with Ctrl+Alt+Fx does work here with Nvidia driver and vt. But in /boot/loader.conf, hw.vga.textmode=1 needs to be set, otherwise the console text is garbled. Regards, Marco -- we will invent new lullabies, new songs, new acts of love, we will cry over things we used to laugh & our new wisdom will bring tears to eyes of gentle creatures from other planets who were afraid of us till then & in the end a summer with wild winds & new friends will be.
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