Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:51:19 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Michael Gass <mgass@csbsju.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New Xorg with vt, radeon, and 10-stable Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1406181950110.51000@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20140618231418.GA15764@csbsju.edu> References: <20140618231418.GA15764@csbsju.edu>
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2014, Michael Gass wrote: > I'm running 10-stable with AMD64. My graphics card is > AMD RV610 Radeon HD 24000. > > I installed xorg with xf86-video-ati. The xorg server runs > and terminates just fine, but I cannot get back to syscons. > This seems to be the current state with this video card > and 10-stable - according to > wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/WITH_NEW_XORG > -the window/system seems to freeze, but I can blindly type commands. > > Since my card is RV610 and I am on 10-stable and using X.Org 1.12, > it does not look like vt-switching is available to me. If that > is the case, would I be able to build WITHOUT_NEW_XORG in 10-stable > and have things work the old way? Or should I be able to use vt? As far as I know, that will work with vt(4). However, you must build a kernel with vt(4) instead of syscons(4). And it requires 9-STABLE, 10-STABLE, or newer.
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