Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:54:46 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: x11@freebsd.org Subject: Slow switch from console to X with 7.x? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0806231037020.60175@wonkity.com>
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Just switched a 6.3 system to 7-STABLE and then csupped and rebuilt all
ports. No CPU optimizations in /etc/make.conf.
The only serious difference seems to be switching from a text console to
X (Alt-F9). Graphic mode screen shows immediately (but not completely,
looks like the wrong bit depth) and then there's a lag of about five
seconds, then the screen is is drawn correctly.
That switch took a second or so on 6.3. No difference with or without
VESA/SC_PIXEL_MODE in the kernel, and switching from X to a text console
(Ctrl-Alt-F1) seems the same as before, about a second.
A couple of searches didn't help, but it's hard to pick the right search
terms for this.
Is a slow switch from console to X expected behavior with 7.x or is
there something that can be done?
FreeBSD speedy.wonkity.com 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #0: Mon Jun 23
09:20:32 MDT 2008
root@speedy.wonkity.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SPEEDY i386
FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #0: Mon Jun 23 09:20:32 MDT 2008
root@speedy.wonkity.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SPEEDY
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+ (2108.96-MHz 686-class CPU)
...
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> mem
0xdc000000-0xddffffff,0xdfefc000-0xdfefffff,0xdf000000-0xdf7fffff irq 16
at device 0.0 on pci1
...
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
xf86-video-mga-1.9.100 (I think I tried 1.4.7 during the port rebuild
with the same behavior.)
-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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