Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 01:28:23 +0200 From: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@ddteam.net> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, x11@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] xorg version switch in CURRENT Message-ID: <52B0DE17.7030104@ddteam.net> In-Reply-To: <52B0DDDA.8010608@freebsd.org> References: <52AEE215.1060806@freebsd.org> <20131217200756.GA46033@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <52B0B015.4010600@freebsd.org> <20131217233202.952bc846.ray@freebsd.org> <52B0DDDA.8010608@freebsd.org>
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On 18.12.2013 01:27, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > On 12/17/13 15:32, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote: >> On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:12:05 -0600 >> Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >>> 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, on which h/w you did that test? 3 different systems with Intel >> graphic works fine for me. > > This is on the following graphics card on amd64: > > vgapci0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x10022f43 chip=0x95cc1002 > rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI' > device = 'RV620 [ATI FireGL V3700]' > > I'll run the test again today or tomorrow and see if it still happens. > -Nathan Please do. Thanks!
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