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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