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Date:      Fri, 03 Oct 2014 11:28:10 +0200
From:      Rolf Nielsen <rmg1970swe@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Removal of legacy X.Org (aka non-WITH_NEW_XORG)
Message-ID:  <542E6C2A.2050404@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <542E6993.3020404@dumbbell.fr>
References:  <20141003083051.GA52332@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <542E6775.7050505@gmail.com> <542E6993.3020404@dumbbell.fr>

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On 2014-10-03 11:17, Jean-Sébastien Pédron wrote:
> On 03.10.2014 11:08, Rolf Nielsen wrote:
>> Hi,
> 
> Hi!
> 
>> I'm running new X.Org with sc, and I have been doing so for
>> quite some time, and I have no problem with console switching.
>> Works perfectly. I'm using nvidia-driver-331.67_1, and perhaps
>> that has got something to do with it? I haven't seen it mentioned
>> on any pages and/or discussions about the new X.Org.
> 
> NVIDIA users aren't impacted by this change because the port
> provides its own set of driver/kernel module. You'll get xserver
> 1.12 by default instead of 1.7, otherwise, nothing should change.
> 
>> I would like to use vt, however it doesn't respond to any
>> keyboard input during boot, and since I'm using a geli encrypted
>> root, it's imperative that I can use my keyboard before / is
>> mounted. I'm still using a PS/2 keyboard, and the reason for that
>> is that last time I tried a USB one, it didn't work during boot.
> 
> When was the last time you tested vt(4)? And which version of
> FreeBSD was it?

FreeBSD lazlar.no-ip.biz 10.1-BETA3 FreeBSD 10.1-BETA3 #0 r272160: Fri
Sep 26 14:22:01 CEST 2014
root@lazlar.no-ip.biz:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TRAPPER  amd64

I tested it first thing after I'd updated the sources.

> 
> If you have some time, could you please test a FreeBSD 11-CURRENT 
> snapshot (just the live media, no need to install anything)? To
> enable vt(4), you simply need to "set kern.vty=vt" from the loader
> prompt.
> 

I'll see about that during the upcoming weekend.
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