Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 05:49:36 -0700 From: John Reynolds <johnjen@reynoldsnet.org> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Black screen with Vesa on Dell Intel graphics amd64 Message-ID: <52B6DFE0.6080705@reynoldsnet.org> In-Reply-To: <52B60147.9070505@dumbbell.fr> References: <CAASDrV==RJm20v6owEs2Z1WAxOgTbiDnZSZLPvmViMXX_f18-w@mail.gmail.com> <52B60147.9070505@dumbbell.fr>
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On 12/21/13 13:59, Jean-SC)bastien PC)dron wrote: > > If the screen remains black when trying to use the Intel driver, this is > expected: our default console doesn't support the new kernel-side video > drivers. > > A new console, called Newcons, was committed to HEAD recently. It may be > part of 10.0-RELEASE, but you'll have to rebuild a kernel to enable it. > do you know if this will be MFC'ed (dunno if this is the right terminology still :) into the 9.x branch? Also, is this the last missing piece to get the Intel Haswell graphics to work or are there other pieces that have yet to be committed? Really looking forward to using my Haswell's accelerated goodness versus using fall-back VESA drivers :) Thanks to any and all that are making this possible! -Jr
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