Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:12:05 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, x11@freebsd.org Cc: ports@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] xorg version switch in CURRENT Message-ID: <52B0B015.4010600@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20131217200756.GA46033@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <52AEE215.1060806@freebsd.org> <20131217200756.GA46033@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On 12/17/13 14:07, Steve Kargl wrote: > 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'. > You may not want it either. The radeon KMS driver, if loaded with newcons before X, replaces your console with snow (or at least it did the last time I tried it). -Nathan
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