From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 17 20:12:14 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A769EDAA; Tue, 17 Dec 2013 20:12:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (wmauth2.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.222]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 74F9516EB; Tue, 17 Dec 2013 20:12:13 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) id <0MXY00500VWX2T00@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:12:07 -0600 (CST) X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-2, Version=6.0.3.2322014, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.2107409, Antispam-Data: 2013.12.17.200315, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net (adsl-76-208-69-44.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net [76.208.69.44]) by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0MXY002U2W450G20@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:12:06 -0600 (CST) Message-id: <52B0B015.4010600@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:12:05 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0 To: Steve Kargl , x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] xorg version switch in CURRENT References: <52AEE215.1060806@freebsd.org> <20131217200756.GA46033@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-reply-to: <20131217200756.GA46033@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 20:12:14 -0000 On 12/17/13 14:07, Steve Kargl wrote: > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 12:20:53PM +0100, Niclas Zeising wrote: >> To get VT switching when using KMS drivers (ATI, Intel) please use >> newcons: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons or if that is not possible, >> force the use of the vesa driver for xorg. >> > It appears that newcons is unusable with a static kernel. > Adding 'device drm2' and 'device i915kms' to my kernel > config results in a quick death to 'make buldkernel'. > You may not want it either. The radeon KMS driver, if loaded with newcons before X, replaces your console with snow (or at least it did the last time I tried it). -Nathan