Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 16:44:53 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: William Bulley <web@umich.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: exiting Xorg locks up 9.2-STABLE system Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410151643510.81686@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4438apvtu2.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20141015144925.GC3963@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410150907060.68373@wonkity.com> <4438apvtu2.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Wed, 15 Oct 2014, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> writes: > >> On Wed, 15 Oct 2014, William Bulley wrote: >> >>> According to Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> on Wed, 10/15/14 at 10:34: >>>> >>>> Does it really lock up, or is it just that text console does not display >>>> anything? Test by typing startx again. If that works, use vt(4): >>>> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons >>>> That might require updating to 9.3 and the newer version of xorg. >>> >>> D'oh! Stupid typo. I recently upgraded to 9.3-STABLE and rebuilt >>> all my ports from source. >>> >>> And, yes, I had WITH_NEW_XORG=true in my /etc/make.conf file before >>> starting the rebuild of all my ports. >>> >>> Are you saying that (given all the above that I have done), this new >>> problem that I have encountered can be eliminated by putting vt(4) in >>> my kernel config file, rebuilding my kernel and then rebooting? >> >> If you are using a custom kernel, yes. GENERIC now contains both sc >> and vt, so vt must be selected by adding kern.vty=vt to >> /boot/loader.conf. > > Not on 9.3, as far as I can see. Have I missed something? No, you're right. It appears that 9-STABLE only supports either sc or vt, but not both.
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