Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:36:45 +0100 From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartmann@walstatt.org> To: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> Cc: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Are textmode consoles/terminals still supported? Message-ID: <20170323183645.0bcf46eb@thor.intern.walstatt.dynvpn.de> In-Reply-To: <1b87a24bfc5450f4af5bdbcfcb534e30@ultimatedns.net> References: <05ff1f84a0f3856823fda4b08266f211@ultimatedns.net> <4c0a947f-34b3-2188-269d-8b79286700b2@multiplay.co.uk> <1b87a24bfc5450f4af5bdbcfcb534e30@ultimatedns.net>
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--Sig_/00xR=zS+4edL5D5eOM.Ys+N Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am Mon, 20 Mar 2017 16:06:43 -0700 "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> schrieb: > On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 22:02:06 +0000 Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.= uk> > wrote >=20 > > Add the following to /boot/loader.conf > >=20 > > Its a tunable but not a sysctl so you can't query it, you just need to= =20 > > set it by adding it to /boot/loader.conf: > > hw.vga.textmode=3D"1" > > =20 > WOW. Thanks for the fast reply! >=20 > I gave your suggestion a try. But it was ignored. :-( > All my other boxes run the nvidia blob, and provide textmode, > and support sc/syscons(4). But I'm not using (u)efi on them. > Maybe that's the trouble? >=20 > Thanks again, Steven! >=20 > --Chris >=20 > > On 20/03/2017 21:58, Chris H wrote: =20 > > > I'm attempting to get a video card that DTRT on FreeBSD. > > > I started with the graphics provided by an AMD A6-7470K, > > > only to discover it's not yet supported. So I forked out > > > for a recent nvidia card, and build/installed a new > > > world/kernel. > > > Everything seemed to be as one would expect, except there > > > was an issue with loader.efi. So I had to move mine aside, > > > and use the one off the install media (tho I understand > > > the (u)efi has since been fixed). Now, I'm attempting to > > > obtain textmode. The text stripped from a tty, and pasted > > > to a new file in a textmode editor -- ee(1) for example; > > > pads the line with spaces to EOL, and prefaces each line > > > following the first line with rubbish (about 1 to 2 > > > characters worth). > > > So "graphics mode" or vt(4) isn't going to get it, for me. > > > Textmode, and syscons(4) has always worked as expected, and > > > I thought I'd try to re-enable it, or get textmode via vt(4). > > > But all attempts fail. > > > excerpt from my KERNCONF > > > > > > device vga > > > options VESA > > > > > > device sc > > > options SC_PIXEL_MODE > > > > > > device vt > > > device vt_vga > > > device vt_efifb > > > > > > However, following the advice on the freebsd wiki, querying > > > the value in sysctl(8) returns: > > > # sysctl hw.vga.textmode > > > sysctl: unknown oid 'hw.vga.textmode' > > > > > > OK how bout vidcontrol(1) > > > # vidcontrol -i adapter > > > vidcontrol: obtaining adapter information: Inappropriate ioctl for de= vice > > > > > > So, it appears from my standpoint that textmode is no longer > > > supported? > > > > > > FWIW: > > > FreeBSD trump.whitehouse.gov.test 12.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT #0 > > > r314700: Sun Mar 5 09:01:30 PST 2017 > > > root@trump.whitehouse.gov.test:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TESTKERN amd6 > > > > > > Thank you for anything that might help me obtain textmode again. > > > > > > --Chris > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd= .org" =20 > >=20 > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" =20 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I use non-UEFI booting machines with vt()-only and the nVidia BLOB (regular= one from ports and even the latest 378.13). The console is not working anymore and p= rovides garbage as long as vt() is in charge. On UEFI only systems, vt() is require= d, sc/syscons doesn't work anymore (I don't care, I'd like to move on). So, with nVidia, = you are lost. The problem with vt() and nVidia is well known and it is well known more th= an a year by now if I recall correctly. Nothing has been done by nVidia so far and as fa= r as I know, the maintainer hasn't solved the problem. I do not know whether nVidia is w= illing to solve the issue. I left an question in their forum, but it seems FreeBSD is= more handled like a "unpleasant necessity". On the other hand, GPU and such rela= ted stuff (GPGPU for instance) is a wasteland in FreeBSD and it seems their world is = still made up from blocky ASCII terminals. Not that I dislike serial terminals, they save= your ass sometimes and for server management, one doesn't really need the additional, non-fault-free complexity graphical UI introduce, but with the capabilities= of handling graphics the proper way much more is usually related to. nVidia is, at the moment, the only GPU provider which supports FreeBSD. If = you'd like to have a workstation with high performance graphical capabilities on FreeBSD,= there is no way around nVidia. With most recent modern hardware, UEFI is standard and t= here the console is gone as long the nVidia kernel module is loaded - you have no ch= ance to get to the console anymore, except you're capable of unloading (remotely?) the = kernel module. As a matter of fact, the system is broken!=20 Regards, Oliver=20 --=20 O. Hartmann Ich widerspreche der Nutzung oder =C3=9Cbermittlung meiner Daten f=C3=BCr Werbezwecke oder f=C3=BCr die Markt- oder Meinungsforschung (=C2=A7 28 Abs.= 4 BDSG). --Sig_/00xR=zS+4edL5D5eOM.Ys+N Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iLUEARMKAB0WIQQZVZMzAtwC2T/86TrS528fyFhYlAUCWNQHrQAKCRDS528fyFhY lMw7AgCpWDocvU77tswFrRwiijzU9Gew7sVZ2FmOHv3kzyjLICi/GWhqsil3fZ37 so2NMHVQDfrZgeB3jASALVPjaYaxAf4/X5e0kk2trwnNTsnK2suVezlxH9Lu7LgI JP2wxPLZ0spUjuo/cgw5wnsoiYu/iD+EYEm/WntpAiomAhVyCf6j =Ra54 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/00xR=zS+4edL5D5eOM.Ys+N--
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