Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:26:12 -0800 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, x11@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] xorg version switch in CURRENT Message-ID: <20131217222612.GA46961@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20131218001552.3119012f.ray@freebsd.org> References: <52AEE215.1060806@freebsd.org> <20131217200756.GA46033@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20131218001552.3119012f.ray@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 12:15:52AM +0200, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote: > On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 12:07:56 -0800 > Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> 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'. > > Don't panic :) No panic, here. > drm2/i915kms/radeonkms can't be built as part of static kernel. > at least no definitions for that (sys/conf/files or sys/conf/files. > ${ARCH} should contain instructions which modules to include). > > and newcons is unrelated here :) > > You can try it with just preload modules. > 1. Build/install kernel with vt and vt_vga. > 2. reboot and break in the loader. > 3. do: load i915kms > 4. do: boot > (Un)fortunately, I do not use modules. -- Steve
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