Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 10:29:27 +0100 From: Stefan Wendler <stefan.wendler@tngtech.com> To: "Hartmann, O." <ohartmann@walstatt.org> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: nvidia-driver and vt - blank console on FreeBSD 11 Message-ID: <e6ba506e-6bd4-bcba-22a0-7f7c2ac6fcb8@tngtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20161124143135.063ed985@hermann> References: <cfd8014a-6e03-8905-18bd-919c5de4506b@tngtech.com> <20161123073745.0394f186@thor.walstatt.dynvpn.de> <808601972.2288955.1479991877510.JavaMail.zimbra@tngtech.com> <20161124143135.063ed985@hermann>
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On 11/24/16 14:31, Hartmann, O. wrote: > On Thu, 24 Nov 2016 13:51:17 +0100 (CET) > Stefan Wendler <stefan.wendler@tngtech.com> wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "O. Hartmann" <o.hartmann@walstatt.org> >>> To: "Stefan Wendler" <stefan.wendler@tngtech.com> >>> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org> >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 7:37:45 AM >>> Subject: Re: nvidia-driver and vt - blank console on FreeBSD 11 >> >>> Am Mon, 21 Nov 2016 22:50:29 +0100 >>> Stefan Wendler <stefan.wendler@tngtech.com> schrieb: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I am using the latest nvidia-driver-367.44_2 (modules nvidia.ko and >>>> nvidia-modeset.ko have to be loaded in order for X to work) and >>>> while X works great after I have started X and want to switch back >>>> to console. Alle ttys are just black. The Keyboard is still >>>> working and I can switch back to the X session or press Ctrl-C on >>>> the black tty and startx again. >>>> >>>> My system is a UEFI install and at boot vt_efifb is used >>>> automatically no matter what I set kern.vty to.except for "sc" of >>>> course. With "sc" set, the system won't boot because with uefi >>>> >>>> I have tried like everything I have found on the web (changing >>>> kern.vty, setting textmode to 1, etc). But I have also found that >>>> nvidia and vt have had some problems when FreeBSD 11 was still >>>> CURRENT and that this was fixed? >>>> >>>> Is this an open bug again? Is there a way for me to set an >>>> option/add a patch or something to make ttys work again after I >>>> have started X? >>>> >>>> Thx for your support, >>>> Stefan >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>> "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> This phenomenon is well known since a couple of months for now. On >>> Quadro GPUs, the >>> console is black in our case and with consumer cards we have a >>> garbled/blocky console. >>> The Quadro based GPUs tend to refuse a reboot as long as the >>> nvidia-modeset.ko kernel >>> module is loaded: "shutdown -r now" remains in a kind of endless >>> loop. >>> >>> Maybe nVidia has not been informed about this. I'm using 370.28 >>> with UEFI/vt and nonUEFI/vt and it is still the same. >>> >>> Regards, >>> O. Hartmann >>> >>> -- >>> O. Hartmann >> >> I went to the nividia-page to maybe write the support-team when I >> have seen this changelog(*) entry for the current version 375.20 >> >> - Added support for FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE >> >> This version contains some other fixes that have to do with blank >> consoles(375.20) and vt stuff (375.10) as well. Even though they are >> not directly related to our problem. I will try this version tonight >> and report back. Hopefully this will fix the problems ... >> >> (*)http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/111598/en-us >> >> Cheers, >> Stefan > > Hello all. > > I tried this specific (most recent) version 375.20 and I got the error > reported in the PR mentioned below regarding a missing library > function. For shot - it doesn't work and it requires some sc_ prepended > funtions supposedly referring to sc() console. > > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214769 > it works for me with FreeBSD 11. But the "blank vt"-bug is not resolved.
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