Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 13:41:37 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Xavier <xavierfreebsdquestions@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: blank screen after hitting Ctrl+Alt+F1..12 from Xorg with syscons driver in any FreeBSD version and video card Message-ID: <20150531134137.7d50aa43.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CALe6D=tg2UMf64Y_5Pj4yXr--zThboFOX1MTJhC%2BbZi2_J_xwA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CALe6D=sGH_CQo%2BCwNAtCCTAhqbiJ77gYLb=Ro03kpoMC0fXhSQ@mail.gmail.com> <20150531114536.6eef17d6.freebsd@edvax.de> <CALe6D=tg2UMf64Y_5Pj4yXr--zThboFOX1MTJhC%2BbZi2_J_xwA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 31 May 2015 13:33:51 +0200, Xavier wrote: > On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 11:45:36AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > Hi Polytropon , > > > On Sat, 30 May 2015 20:35:56 +0200, Xavier wrote: > > > Hi , > > > > > > When I hitting Ctrl+Alt+F1..12 from Xorg I get a blank screen. I not see any. > > > > > > I need a syscons because I need VGA text mode ( Newcons don't support > > > VGA text mode ). > > > > > > Any way to debug this issue ? > > > > Does switching to vt help? > > > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons > > > > No, I need VGA text mode. Newcons don't support VGA text mode. Sorry, I should have written: "switch from vt to sc", and sc is the classic ("old") console driver; as far as I know (and according to "man vidcontrol", it supports VGA text mode just fine. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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