From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 20 09:12:47 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3712BF6 for ; Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:12:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller23@insightbb.com) Received: from mail.insightbb.com (smtp2.insight.synacor.com [208.47.185.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E7648FC0C for ; Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:12:46 +0000 (UTC) X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=f43K9ZOM c=1 sm=0 a=Dm9TOXL4taQ+Gy1KovpL+A==:17 a=jLN7EqiLvroA:10 a=9YQ-1ebCAAAA:8 a=Hz0Dtrm5_sgA:10 a=kZoMnW_TYPRoPPfwawEA:9 a=Dm9TOXL4taQ+Gy1KovpL+A==:117 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp01.insight.synacor.com smtp.mail=mueller23@insightbb.com; spf=softfail; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp01.insight.synacor.com header.from=mueller23@insightbb.com; sender-id=softfail Received-SPF: softfail (smtp01.insight.synacor.com: transitional domain insightbb.com does not designate 74.130.198.7 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.130.198.7] ([74.130.198.7:34826] helo=localhost) by mail.insightbb.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.49 r(42060/42061)) with ESMTP id 05/12-17144-D0B62805; Sat, 20 Oct 2012 05:12:45 -0400 Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 05:12:45 -0400 Message-ID: <05.12.17144.D0B62805@smtp01.insight.synacor.com> From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.1 and intel graphics X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:12:48 -0000 > Full support for the HD3000 is in 9-stable and 9.1-Beta and all RCs. > To use it you need to build X drivers and drm and the kernel with: > WITH_NEW_XORG=YES > WITH_KMS=YES > in /etc/make.conf. > Specifically, the kernel and a few ports. graphics/drm and your > org-drivers: xf86-video-intel, xf86-input-synaptics, xf86-input-mouse, > and xf86-input-keyboard. Then just start X. Don't try loading the > kernel module. It will be loaded by the startx. > > Finally, what happens when I leave x and want to go back to > > console mode? > You don't If you try, your system will lock up. You need to shutdown > from a window in X. Hopefully someone will implement switching back to > console mode some day, but it has not happened, yet. How do you shutdown from a window in X if you're nonroot? Can you have both root and nonroot windows simultaneously in X? Tom