Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 17:27:22 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@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: <52B0DDDA.8010608@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20131217233202.952bc846.ray@freebsd.org> References: <52AEE215.1060806@freebsd.org> <20131217200756.GA46033@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <52B0B015.4010600@freebsd.org> <20131217233202.952bc846.ray@freebsd.org>
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On 12/17/13 15:32, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote: > 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. This is on the following graphics card on amd64: vgapci0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x10022f43 chip=0x95cc1002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI' device = 'RV620 [ATI FireGL V3700]' I'll run the test again today or tomorrow and see if it still happens. -Nathan
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