From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Fri Nov 25 09:29:43 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@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 C0DAEC53AF7 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:29:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stefan.wendler@tngtech.com) Received: from proxy.tng.vnc.biz (zimbra-vnc.tngtech.com [83.144.240.98]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8504C1794 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:29:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stefan.wendler@tngtech.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by proxy.tng.vnc.biz (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3F6B1E2E91; Fri, 25 Nov 2016 10:29:27 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.51 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.51 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1, BAYES_00=-0.5, LOCAL_FROM_TNG=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no Received: from proxy.tng.vnc.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (proxy.tng.vnc.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id aKuvL7eFUsW4; Fri, 25 Nov 2016 10:29:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by proxy.tng.vnc.biz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B4EF1E3019; Fri, 25 Nov 2016 10:29:27 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at Received: from proxy.tng.vnc.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (proxy.tng.vnc.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id kY2lRCgMCMhD; Fri, 25 Nov 2016 10:29:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from [10.6.3.17] (fire3.tngtech.com [212.204.93.100]) by proxy.tng.vnc.biz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4B5D31E2E91; Fri, 25 Nov 2016 10:29:26 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: nvidia-driver and vt - blank console on FreeBSD 11 To: "Hartmann, O." References: <20161123073745.0394f186@thor.walstatt.dynvpn.de> <808601972.2288955.1479991877510.JavaMail.zimbra@tngtech.com> <20161124143135.063ed985@hermann> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" From: Stefan Wendler Message-ID: Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 10:29:27 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20161124143135.063ed985@hermann> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:29:43 -0000 On 11/24/16 14:31, Hartmann, O. wrote: > On Thu, 24 Nov 2016 13:51:17 +0100 (CET) > Stefan Wendler wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "O. Hartmann" >>> To: "Stefan Wendler" >>> Cc: "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 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.