Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 19:55:21 +0300 From: Arto Pekkanen <aksyom@gmail.com> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unable to start X.org with KMS in FreeBSD 10.0 without using the new_xorg repo Message-ID: <5422F779.7030307@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1uvSmeaita-8tr7QC7h4attF9OGrsNVNz6aQ92B32jDeQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <5422DFB5.4070605@gmail.com> <CAN6yY1uvSmeaita-8tr7QC7h4attF9OGrsNVNz6aQ92B32jDeQ@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --7hFWftBr3vaQg8AqAgSLlrbrhrKrQB9uF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 24.9.2014 19:24, Kevin Oberman wrote: > I just looked at the wiki page and I fail to see anything saying that t= he NEW_XRG packages are in the default repository. That is the reason the= new_xorg repo exists. The wiki does say that WITH_NEW_XORG is now the de= fault for all supported branches except 8. The goal is, indeed to get the= NEW_XORG working with all supported versions and remove the old code, bu= t I see no indication that it has been done as of today. Okay :D It seems that I misunderstood what the wiki page actually meant. = Sorry about that. Thanks for info! > I do agree that clear warnings about the need for the new_xorg repo if = KMS is to be used. It also points out that an update of Intel KMS to supp= ort newer GPU is getting REALLY critical! It's getting harder and harder = to find laptops that have supported graphics and while VESA (usually, sor= t of) works, it is not really a good way to run a system. Yeah, a warning about new_xorg repo and KMS plus good examples on how to = do it. I only needed to define the repo in /etc/pkg/0-new-xorg.conf, then= pkg update && pkg upgrade -f -r FreeBSD_new_xorg Anyways, now updating to 10.1-BETA2 to see if I can get VT working with K= MS.=20 > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired > E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com <mailto:rkoberman@gmail.com> --=20 Arto Pekkanen ksym@IRCnet --7hFWftBr3vaQg8AqAgSLlrbrhrKrQB9uF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (MingW32) iF4EAREIAAYFAlQi934ACgkQDveLgfJxcNRLBwD/aWUXgJMGXfOFHjvTix2xTslH vVEByWtb6bhZk9w4hYQBAK4z066SKaHHAfKW3awwOHIZQZNIRwmJ58wfEIsJkS1S =jvJp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7hFWftBr3vaQg8AqAgSLlrbrhrKrQB9uF--
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