Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:22:57 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: William Bulley <web@umich.edu> Cc: doug@fledge.watson.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: exiting Xorg locks up 9.2-STABLE system Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410152010340.81686@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20141016005817.GF1350@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> References: <20141016005817.GF1350@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu>
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On Wed, 15 Oct 2014, William Bulley wrote: > According to Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> on Wed, 10/15/14 at 19:33: >> >> That is what vt(4) does, supports a KMS text console which still works after >> leaving X. It works on the Intel and Radeon systems I have tried. > > Then maybe the missing piece here (for 9.3-STABLE) is to include the > KMS feature (if that is part of 9.3-STABLE)? I think I had stated > earlier (much earlier) in this thread that I have a Radeon video card. > > My desired sequence: > > 1) log into FreeBSD 9.3-STABLE at the console (vty?) level > > 2) begin my Xorg session (% /usr/local/bin/xinit -- /usr/local/bin/Xorg) > > 3) perform whatever I need to do with xterms, browsers, editors, etc. > > 4) exit my Xorg session (thereby returning to the console (vty?) level) > > 5) log off FreeBSD 9.3-STABLE leaving my monitor at the ;login: prompt > > My problem (after upgrading to 9.3-STABLE and WITH_NEW_XORG=TRUE) is > with step #4 above. Things appear to hang and I'm forced to reboot > or to cycle power (which is a bummer due to fsck(8) taking so long) > since I'm unable to log off cleanly. I still don't know what to do... :-( "Appear to hang", yes. But have you tried blindly typing "startx" and enter again?
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