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Date:      Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:24:25 +0700
From:      Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com>
To:        "Thomas Mueller" <mueller23@insightbb.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 9.1 and intel graphics
Message-ID:  <20121020162425.4f1d8598@X220.ovitrap.com>
In-Reply-To: <05.12.17144.D0B62805@smtp01.insight.synacor.com>
References:  <05.12.17144.D0B62805@smtp01.insight.synacor.com>

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Hi,

On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 05:12:45 -0400
"Thomas Mueller" <mueller23@insightbb.com> wrote:

> > 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?

I have all the while.

You can also open a normal xterm and enter su to become root or start a
xterm as root. It booth works.

You are also able to start any other program as root.

Erich



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