Re: [HEADS UP] xorg version switch in CURRENT

On 12/17/13 17:28, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote:
> On 18.12.2013 01:27, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:
>> On 12/17/13 15:32, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote:
>>> On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:12:05 -0600
>>> Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn_at_freebsd.org> 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_at_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
> Please do.
>
> Thanks!
>

Still gives beautiful snow with r259418. I'll be traveling the next 3 
weeks and won't be able to test for that period.
-Nathan