From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 10 22:03:14 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0473AE5C; Sun, 10 Nov 2013 22:03:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pa0-x229.google.com (mail-pa0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c03::229]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C948B251A; Sun, 10 Nov 2013 22:03:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f41.google.com with SMTP id bj1so3201680pad.28 for ; Sun, 10 Nov 2013 14:03:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=YG2vIcG3fW2AvOPnvEoZxg9TFl2fHffCPaH9J8OQ7HE=; b=AlbwPrWnNPMaIXGYHyh6ps5g+8v02/IlxU4AZZvLWql7fyCMOyz4OcD9M37SgCZruP IH6mhRpPerMtHB77s8e4BYERG00xsgIujCjNziey58NW/RTiWzSBhAkRrbBqVLwBZ/MM 7P00GDoKoI6M9FNijF0ORM9Ki/G/gggx8NzPvpptDiI0T/Qi/E7njRGNClOpf6mfFrzZ lIYP5paEVlNQ7W1Rf6kwPOpBsLJ1YzBlYn+egZjBBzeHe3ELyrwo/D3g4glQ7W9Wp/oX CJtPc38lYmUIJQeTtb9fciJOHmqF0bM0rtahheZonCXAB7NyMFeoGxc8LoShUKsQTCqy GC+A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.66.246.229 with SMTP id xz5mr4302115pac.128.1384120993073; Sun, 10 Nov 2013 14:03:13 -0800 (PST) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.67.23.101 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Nov 2013 14:03:13 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <527F95BE.7080908@gmx.com> <527FC05D.8080703@gmx.com> Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 14:03:13 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: YrqE2k7OgpgRbPJXaILWlG9wOsQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: new Xorg (KMS, etc.) for Radeon 9600 From: Kevin Oberman To: Daniel Eischen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: "dt71@gmx.com" , "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 22:03:14 -0000 On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Daniel Eischen wrote: > > On Nov 10, 2013, at 12:20 PM, dt71@gmx.com wrote: > > > > Daniel Eischen wrote, On 11/10/2013 17:40: > >> My -current is still from ~July 3, and I also got panics > >> when trying new Xorg. Take the drm devices out of your > >> kernel configuration and let X load the necessary drm2 > >> devices when it starts. This allowed it to work for me. > > > > Hmm, works for me to avoid panics and hard reboots. Problems: > > 1. Switching to the virtual terminals or shutting down X causes the > display to go black and unrevivable -- a (soft) reboot is necessary. > > 2. A 3D application crashes with SIGBUS, and the stack gets toasted. > > Yes, I can get it to crash also when using a Java-based GUI, but it works > for all the basic X apps that I need. I also have the virtual terminal > switching problem also, but I think that is being addressed with newsyscons. > > It really does suck not having a functional X. > > For the record, newcons (not newsyscons) is available for testing. I'll admit that I have not tried it, but there have been quite a few positive reports on it. https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com