Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 11:58:44 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: ports@freebsd.org, x11@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] xorg version switch in CURRENT Message-ID: <201312231158.44820.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20131217200756.GA46033@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <52AEE215.1060806@freebsd.org> <20131217200756.GA46033@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 3:07:56 pm Steve Kargl wrote: > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 12:20:53PM +0100, Niclas Zeising wrote: > > > > To get VT switching when using KMS drivers (ATI, Intel) please use > > newcons: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons or if that is not possible, > > force the use of the vesa driver for xorg. > > > > It appears that newcons is unusable with a static kernel. > Adding 'device drm2' and 'device i915kms' to my kernel > config results in a quick death to 'make buldkernel'. That isn't due to newcons AFAIK. I don't think that setup worked with syscons either. I think it could probably never have worked with syscons, but it should in theory be fixable with newcons. -- John Baldwin
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