Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 07:18:59 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@ddteam.net>, 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: <52B2F243.6050804@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <52B0DE17.7030104@ddteam.net> References: <52AEE215.1060806@freebsd.org> <20131217200756.GA46033@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <52B0B015.4010600@freebsd.org> <20131217233202.952bc846.ray@freebsd.org> <52B0DDDA.8010608@freebsd.org> <52B0DE17.7030104@ddteam.net>
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On 12/17/13 17:28, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote: > On 18.12.2013 01:27, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >> 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 > Please do. > > Thanks! > Still gives beautiful snow with r259418. I'll be traveling the next 3 weeks and won't be able to test for that period. -Nathan
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