From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 17 23:27:33 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1E2E5B4A; Tue, 17 Dec 2013 23:27:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu (wmauth4.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.145]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C8EB9178D; Tue, 17 Dec 2013 23:27:32 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) id <0MXZ000004ZGUM00@smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Tue, 17 Dec 2013 17:27:23 -0600 (CST) X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-4, Version=6.0.3.2322014, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.2107409, Antispam-Data: 2013.12.17.231814, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net (adsl-76-208-69-44.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net [76.208.69.44]) by smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0MXZ00KEX55M1J00@smtpauth4.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Tue, 17 Dec 2013 17:27:23 -0600 (CST) Message-id: <52B0DDDA.8010608@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 17:27:22 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0 To: Aleksandr Rybalko Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] xorg version switch in CURRENT References: <52AEE215.1060806@freebsd.org> <20131217200756.GA46033@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <52B0B015.4010600@freebsd.org> <20131217233202.952bc846.ray@freebsd.org> In-reply-to: <20131217233202.952bc846.ray@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, x11@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, Steve Kargl X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 23:27:33 -0000 On 12/17/13 15:32, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote: > On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:12:05 -0600 > Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > >> On 12/17/13 14:07, Steve Kargl wrote: >>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 12:20:53PM +0100, Niclas Zeising wrote: >>>> To get VT switching when using KMS drivers (ATI, Intel) please use >>>> newcons: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons or if that is not >>>> possible, force the use of the vesa driver for xorg. >>>> >>> It appears that newcons is unusable with a static kernel. >>> Adding 'device drm2' and 'device i915kms' to my kernel >>> config results in a quick death to 'make buldkernel'. >>> >> You may not want it either. The radeon KMS driver, if loaded with >> newcons before X, replaces your console with snow (or at least it did >> the last time I tried it). > Nathan, on which h/w you did that test? 3 different systems with Intel > graphic works fine for me. This is on the following graphics card on amd64: vgapci0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x10022f43 chip=0x95cc1002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI' device = 'RV620 [ATI FireGL V3700]' I'll run the test again today or tomorrow and see if it still happens. -Nathan