Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 16:58:00 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: =?UTF-8?B?SmVhbi1Tw6liYXN0aWVuIFDDqWRyb24=?= <jean-sebastien.pedron@dumbbell.fr> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: KMS error while trying to switch user in KDE Message-ID: <CAN6yY1uDN58ogb2huVUdaXni%2Bo4MMNur0KfVsBmiaAk5bftaxQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <54073E0C.8030209@dumbbell.fr> References: <20140829222433.1889546epfn7fgcg@webmail.raad.tartu.ee> <54073E0C.8030209@dumbbell.fr>
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On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Jean-S=C3=A9bastien P=C3=A9dron < jean-sebastien.pedron@dumbbell.fr> wrote: > On 29.08.2014 21:24, Toomas Aas wrote: > > Hello! > > Hi! > > > One thing that does not work is 'switch user' functionality in KDE. Whe= n > > attempting to start new session, the screen flashes briefly and then I > > am returned to active session with screen locked, which I can unlock an= d > > continue working. > > Could you please clone the "kms-drm-update-38" branch from the following > Git repository: > https://github.com/dumbbell/freebsd/tree/kms-drm-update-38 > > Then, rebuild the kernel from this branch. This is 11-CURRENT, but > again, just take the kernel, keep your 10.x userland. > > -- > Jean-S=C3=A9bastien P=C3=A9dron > > That may be fine, but most of the time I was running head (FreeBSD 4-7), the kernel ABI had changed enough that a lot of stuff simply didn't work. This means tools mostly, E.g. top, *stat and the like. I have not been running head since 10.0 was released, so this may be safe, but I'd be careful to keep my old kernel and modules (/boot/kernel.old/*) in a safe place just in case. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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