Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 23:32:02 +0200 From: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, x11@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] xorg version switch in CURRENT Message-ID: <20131217233202.952bc846.ray@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <52B0B015.4010600@freebsd.org> References: <52AEE215.1060806@freebsd.org> <20131217200756.GA46033@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <52B0B015.4010600@freebsd.org>
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On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:12:05 -0600 Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote: > 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, on which h/w you did that test? 3 different systems with Intel graphic works fine for me. > -Nathan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>
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