Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 17:33:25 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: doug@fledge.watson.org Cc: William Bulley <web@umich.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: exiting Xorg locks up 9.2-STABLE system Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410151645040.81686@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410151214280.78037@fledge.watson.org> References: <20141015160141.GA9220@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410151214280.78037@fledge.watson.org>
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On Wed, 15 Oct 2014, doug@safeport.com wrote: > In my experience this problem stems no support for switching the video back > to text mode. I have had this issue on the Dell and HP laptops since 8.x. For > me (on the HP) it remains on 10.0. From my reading and this list the issue > (for me). > > The last answer I got: "If you using Intel KMS it's a known problem that you > can't switch to a virtual terminal once xorg is running - it hasn't been > implemented yet AFAIK". That is what vt(4) does, supports a KMS text console which still works after leaving X. It works on the Intel and Radeon systems I have tried.
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