From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Nov 30 22:09:36 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8A17A3D0A9 for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2015 22:09:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@bertram-scharpf.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 326881120 for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2015 22:09:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@bertram-scharpf.de) Received: from becker.bs.l ([85.180.1.35]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue005) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0M4Vnk-1aDES93Dqe-00ydTS for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2015 23:09:33 +0100 Received: from bsch by becker.bs.l with local (Exim 4.86 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1a3WdZ-0004Wu-73 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2015 23:09:33 +0100 Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 23:09:33 +0100 From: Bertram Scharpf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Doesn't switch back to text mode Message-ID: <20151130220933.GA17228@becker.bs.l> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Sender: Bertram Scharpf X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:1ji5hT8fdz/krF/T9rmiIaFYBsLqNkVKgJNYODIke1yJN7GlV0C SUY/QOQt+UmQcwi9ySlmRBFfX5bP4oFadc3He0A0teE74ysda7gecZuZQgh0U87xakkYKDE 6H+br6J71bc5bU3zO9rSS0hPRPdvSXaNzr/V34NmITNg8HHd9g1rQMMfVtYu+ROY31gYo8H CskHgR8JkLa5uWeMj1Iog== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:0W5wH/p0sLI=:0L4mOUgmJgb3c4icaoA2Kt dKlWOOialTb+NzrYxdnbLUoMK0c0hEvs/VM6kKh4rE1bTr5llTpcTxkSvjyr6QrHKX6u64iPi qzhxzj5qSuVZH/Qhi1UA/thGJ/mIN/0JVTx6T54E7UONnBVJqtIPjVU3Ap7L7pvOhdrmTPZhY xBocMcj5HYM33E87qotOZqQRFcxXI1D9mdPAv7FLUKeAlGm28kAi9pdtQ0lo+YI/8ZAc5MOzV 7SizpjA4xlgvlATPL/iPtgSz+d/ilSZeLy2tp/7GhTTLSR0L8unBdx1OZO0pX2Ua3CvY9iZfk dYrRow/beIeEt68IonVTIhzggxuO05YA09mJxriSxrD1U49XqtGBU99nysHuQS15u3t7vBU5U NJsQaks4pHsclhuvIytnK1xnzHJTNHbIKtBi5b4JY5P/MCCUuMMwirLZjidF5V73N1tc/JJk4 D8eoU3RVHDISTPwE4oT6rOxOJ5cp6RggcWgTuaL/I0A1dFZgddIjYsZqvnpo0mop9hLFsqMp+ w9dDftGZln2ux9sKa+LwBdbfcjSw9RU2OaJo+o4z1v/SGcMTDa6n3mL/BKAr1Jst63eZ21eWG Okb91S+cC81QHMLWt4zsviMyXpAZRRTwjRScbSOptAlqxWlLTYI5lITyT9S1McxMxeQDXY0U8 3KbgWQn4ytyH/8eyTcmMjgfOXtE7anTXvVJV+kqdXc0pLvn7eNac+LW+BPoTV7UJZ9oo= X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 22:09:36 -0000 Hi, on my new notebook I am doing a dual boot installation with FreeBSD and Linux. I set up Grub2. By default, Grub2 starts in graphical mode. But when my FreeBSD once is in graphical mode, it refuses to switch back to text mode. Thus, when I should see the startup menu, the boot messages, and finally the console command line, the screen stays black with some colored spots on the upper border, and I am not able to even install X and a login manager. I still can ssh into the running system and shut it down. As far as I remember, this problem first occured on my old notebook when I upgraded to either FreeBSD 9 or 10. I was no longer able to enter the console when once running X (by Ctrl-Alt-F1). That did not hurt as the Grub I had there used to stay in text mode and X started properly. I solved the problem so far by leaving Grub2 in text mode. Do I have to swallow this restriction or is there a trick I am not aware of? Thanks in advance. Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de