Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 23:27:03 -0700 From: Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: vt does not resume properly after zzz [related powerpc64/GENERIC64 report?] Message-ID: <525EFCD4-ED16-4A73-A971-B32300B0AAC4@dsl-only.net>
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On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:20 PM, <marekrud at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have configured vt by adding `kern.vty=3Dvt' to /boot/loader.conf. > > After suspending the system using zzz and resuming, I can only see = black > screen. The system seem to be running, but the display is off. I was > able to reproduce it on two different computers running 10.1-BETA2 and > 10.1-BETA3. > > Is there a simple way to fix it? Should I report it to Bugzilla? > > Thank you for help! > > Marek > = https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ppc/2014-September/007204.html= (from Sept. 13) may be related to this report. It was titled: > For newer XOrg/drivers powerpc64/GENERIC64 for NVIDIA no longer crash = but Option-Fn gets nearly black text on black background Its details were then (some [...] notes added)... > I've updated to ports r368074 which updated Xorg, the drivers, and = even gcc (to 4.8.3). I used portmaster -t -D -a. This was on both... >=20 > FreeBSD FBSDG4S0 10.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 10.1-PRERELEASE #0 r271215: = Sat Sep 6 23:56:15 PDT 2014 root at = FBSDG4S0:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC powerpc >=20 > FreeBSD FBSDG5S0 10.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 10.1-PRERELEASE #0 r271278: = Mon Sep 8 12:40:56 PDT 2014 root at = FBSDG5S0:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC64 powerpc >=20 > both being booted on Quad Core G5 PowerMacs with the GeForce 7800 GT's = to update and rebooted to test. (Both of these SSDs are builds for = WITH_DEBUG_FILES=3D and WITHOUT_CLANG=3D and WITH_DEBUG=3D in = /etc/make.conf.) >=20 > The powerpc/GENERIC worked find for Option-Fn use. >=20 > The powerpc64/GENERIC64 appeared to have the black screen issue. = [Prior versions had a crash that left the screen black and this wording = refers to that older context where the server was quitting and a core = was being left behind.] But... >=20 > ... I noticed something for powerpc64/GENERIC64 due to the lighting = being different than earlier [where I had assumed that the crash was = still present]: >=20 > Option-Fn is(!) displaying the VTn display but just extremely faintly: = instead of the text being a fairly bright white against a black = background for powerpc64/GENERIC64 the text is nearly the same black = color as the background. But it is slightly lighter and in properly set = up conditions I can read it. (It may be monitor dependent on if there is = enough of a difference to actually see it that well.) Option-F9 gets = back to xfce4's display just fine too. >=20 > The powerpc64/GENERIC64 Xorg crash is gone as of this update. [Again = referring to the older version's crash problem on PowerMacs.] >=20 > I've not tried other contexts yet. (Such as NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 on = a PowerMac G4.) >=20 >=20 > Side notes: >=20 > Because historically I've had lots of problems with gcc = (re)builds/updates on powerpc or powerpc64 otherwise, I have the = full-bootstrap option enabled for building lang/gcc. >=20 > The only reason [that I] use WITHOUT_CLANG=3D is because I get = failures otherwise when WITH_DEBUG_FILES=3D is enabled. Specifically: = ... /libclangsema.a(SemaAccess.o): Unknown relocation type ????? for = symbol *UND* powerpc/GENERIC was then and is now still syscons by default. = powerpc64/GENERIC64 for .../stable/10/sys/powerpc/conf/GENERIC64 = switched to vt as the default on Sept. 4 (r271111 MFC'd r265871). At the = time I had not noticed the changed status and so was incorrectly = thinking syscons throughout the note. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.net
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