From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 23 04:52:02 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8051D234 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2014 04:52:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x232.google.com (mail-wi0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::232]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B7C67C5 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2014 04:52:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f178.google.com with SMTP id r20so870473wiv.17 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2014 21:52:00 -0700 (PDT) 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=bX0+Z9i6212XYtlld7PRijBfFjbEsf8kfbbDDWCywoU=; b=hHTjEM4mw4rvmvpveTrAckKej3ZdeJ2PI2JRGXyDbizOu2CiLykB2nk48UV6rAAf8r u2gRi1fxmxzCuSHErboAIoOy5LnzBvmlF3DZr0LnClbpv9wd9XpHFeZrcHMOdrJrceRz kt+TeclXIc9AONi8mRUWqjtylenqcvbsyOWpi/iz8u058D6bfHW7F7ZIb9XulmNZO/ZT jz+gCKt6sVIl6IvVQbzbV02AO4dQ66lVaFfgK00VRa5agCU5GO9Jh0h/qyVWklrPoB+p RufVOhCUrXy/0Vb2r3/lVRLxQ2t3RXH+gn8xOMd9qsTtZd5Ibu3bAcVj3cThdvpKxcHS PO+g== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.73.212 with SMTP id n20mr8236588wiv.59.1414039920360; Wed, 22 Oct 2014 21:52:00 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.106.136 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Oct 2014 21:52:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 21:52:00 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: MT1yt-SO5aDXBNN53DfCi64XzJ8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: keeping syscons -- how? From: Adrian Chadd To: Lars Eighner Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 04:52:02 -0000 On 22 October 2014 21:29, Lars Eighner wrote: > Okay, once more, regardless of the merits, etc. > > At what version do I need to freeze to avoid vt and what xwindows must > be frozen / rolledback to > > 1) keep vttys in text mode using cons25 > 2) allow switching between xwindows and vttys and vice versa Likely FreeBSD-9. But you'll have to also freeze all the libraries and applications. However, vt supports 80x25 normal console mode with normal default VGA fonts - it's just not enabled by default. So it should still be supported. -a