From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 5 14:52:26 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A9B3677F for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2014 14:52:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-la0-x22c.google.com (mail-la0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c03::22c]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 149AF6E6 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2014 14:52:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f44.google.com with SMTP id gf13so833960lab.3 for ; Wed, 05 Nov 2014 06:52:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=GcFB1eUtr6IeK76LmgG9UEgbl+GG6d/f52Obo/hhQIg=; b=Yu/7Uqzx9GWApDUARxN+oUVdMpMUtaixP1bU+I48/s6cEuCfUiHErAxxtgUW7oCyb2 6ETIB+RN3liGp7WqV4/0yqnbxTPY7YmU7QUZKHAB3UyL22Nk+gUji0DmQ38c/sbJcLkg d+MD1HjsT/md+7JgSmLvSY1Rw2GuhCqrgOK7dT7yXNg9sHwRsZEHgT32QpsDkuB6AZpm pCs/GUDrOtjdS3iFPzFLFECa3QMk2/qZRlq5QEEvWagXSzs7HeslO7GFlDVTyxmcxt0K gBN8xxdronem/tnYBtAI6rz2sS6HSKnSC042vai4dYzpVClJLFdJAuTTLXVsW99j9b6g WszA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.27.38 with SMTP id q6mr30339803lag.92.1415199144059; Wed, 05 Nov 2014 06:52:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.25.78.134 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Nov 2014 06:52:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <544E7679.7070207@FreeBSD.org> <54590B3E.2070701@dumbbell.fr> <20141105101951.48542120@ernst.home> Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 15:52:24 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Enabling vt(4) by default From: Andreas Nilsson To: Chris H Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: =?UTF-8?B?SmVhbi1Tw6liYXN0aWVuUMOpZHJvbg==?= , Current FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 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: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 14:52:26 -0000 On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Chris H wrote: > On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:19:51 +0100 Gary Jennejohn > wrote > > > On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:01:41 -0800 > > "Chris H" wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:22:06 +0100 Jean-Sebastien Pedron > > > wrote > > > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > > > As announced a week ago, vt(4) is now the default console driver in > > > > 11-CURRENT as of r274085. > > > > > > > > You may have to update your console settings in /etc/rc.conf. During > > > > boot, /etc/rc.d/syscons will indicate what you need to do. > > > > > > > > The original HEADS UP mentioned several known issues. Among them, the > > > > following were fixed: > > > > > > > > o A video mode can be selected using the following tunable in > > > > /boot/loader.conf: > > > > kern.vt.fb.default_mode="1024x768" > > > > > > > > This only works when using a KMS video driver. It's not > > > > supported by the VGA backend. See vt(4) man page for further > > > > documentation. > > > > > > > > o The keyboard was not working when kbdmux(4) was disabled. This > > > > is fixed. > > > > > > > > o After loading a KMS driver, the text cursor was in the middle > of > > > > the kernel messages. The problem was that the cursor position > was > > > > not updated after the change in window size. This is fixed. > > > > > > > > Up-to-date information can be found on the wiki page: > > > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons > > > > > > > > If you want to keep using syscons(4), you can add the following line > to > > > > /boot/loader.conf: > > > > kern.vty=sc > > > > > > > > Thank you to everyone who tested and reported problems! Please > continue > > > > to do so, especially if you find the need to go back to syscons. > > > > > > No. Thank _you_! :) > > > > > > I was unable to determine from the wiki. But do all these wonderful > > > new features also work with the nVidia blob, under vt(4)? > > > I'm currently building a new 11-CURRENT from the 10-26 iso, as I write > > > this, and was wondering if the graphics mode at higher resolutions was > > > now possible using the nVidia blob. > > > > > > > No, video mode won't work with the nVidia blob. That requires > > a KMS (in-kernel) driver. > > Thank you for the reply, Gary. > > Ahh. I see. So unless I have ATI hardware, I'm pretty much out of luck? > > Thanks again. > > --Chris > > > > > -- > > Gary Jennejohn > > Well, ATI or Intel chip. Best regards Andreas