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Date:      Tue, 17 Dec 2013 12:07:56 -0800
From:      Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        x11@freebsd.org
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [HEADS UP] xorg version switch in CURRENT
Message-ID:  <20131217200756.GA46033@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <52AEE215.1060806@freebsd.org>
References:  <52AEE215.1060806@freebsd.org>

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On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 12:20:53PM +0100, Niclas Zeising wrote:
>
> To get VT switching when using KMS drivers (ATI, Intel) please use
> newcons: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons or if that is not possible,
> force the use of the vesa driver for xorg.
> 

It appears that newcons is unusable with a static kernel.
Adding 'device drm2' and 'device i915kms' to my kernel
config results in a quick death to 'make buldkernel'.

-- 
Steve



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