Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 22:31:25 -0400 From: Thomas Hoffmann <trh411@gmail.com> To: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Newcons with Nvidia Message-ID: <CAB7-odkHqhwW2h_1TRsLhP_A%2BL2P1FUX1xLSVCnLA62TKbSgjg@mail.gmail.com>
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The newcons wiki page shows that newcons with Nvidia as UNKNOWN. That may or may not change after this report. I'm running -CURRENT r263278 amd64 with an Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTS using the nv driver from x11-drivers/xorg-driver. I built/booted a newcons kernel, applied the vidcontrol-for-vt-2014-03-11patch and "installed" the /usr/share/vt/fonts/gallant.fnt font. With syscons, I would start with an 80x24 text console for the boot and then switch to a 1920x1200 (240x75 - 8x16) virtual terminal once allscreens_flags got processed in /etc/rc.conf. With newcons, there were four changes of note: 1) a new console font (gallant maybe?) for the 80x24 text console; 2) no mode switch to 1920x1200 with allscreens_flags. The message "vidcontrol: Setting video mode: inappropriate ioctl for device" was written to the console/terminal, ostensibly when it tried to process allscreens_flags. 3) The message "Configuring syscons: blanktimevt4_mode = 1; allscreensvt4_mode = 1" was written to the console around the time (I think) /etc/rc.conf was being processed. Not sure what these mean. 4) "vidcontrol -i mode" shows no usable modes (all show 0000x0000) or fonts (all show 0x0). So, some questions: 1) Is what I am seeing expected given the current state of newcons development and the Nvidia card/driver? 2) Is there a way to get back to a 1920x1200 video mode for my virtual terminals with newcons? Or even get it early in the boot process? 3) Are there any tests I can run that would be of value to the newcons team -OR- 4) Should I just take my newcons kernel and Nvidia card and go away :))) I'll admit I spend so little time using virtual terminals I almost don't care what mode newcons gives me. As long as X gives me 1920x1200, and it still does, I'll be happy. Thanks for all your efforts on newcons. -Tom
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