Re: HEADS UP: Enabling vt(4) by default

On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:19:51 +0100 Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn_at_gmail.com> wrote

> On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:01:41 -0800
> "Chris H" <bsd-lists_at_bsdforge.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:22:06 +0100 Jean-Sebastien Pedron
> > <jean-sebastien.pedron_at_dumbbell.fr> wrote
> > 
> > > Hello!
> > > 
> > > As announced a week ago, vt(4) is now the default console driver in
> > > 11-CURRENT as of r274085.
> > > 
> > > You may have to update your console settings in /etc/rc.conf. During
> > > boot, /etc/rc.d/syscons will indicate what you need to do.
> > > 
> > > The original HEADS UP mentioned several known issues. Among them, the
> > > following were fixed:
> > > 
> > >     o  A video mode can be selected using the following tunable in
> > >        /boot/loader.conf:
> > >            kern.vt.fb.default_mode="1024x768"
> > > 
> > >        This only works when using a KMS video driver. It's not
> > >        supported by the VGA backend. See vt(4) man page for further
> > >        documentation.
> > > 
> > >     o  The keyboard was not working when kbdmux(4) was disabled. This
> > >        is fixed.
> > > 
> > >     o  After loading a KMS driver, the text cursor was in the middle of
> > >        the kernel messages. The problem was that the cursor position was
> > >        not updated after the change in window size. This is fixed.
> > > 
> > > Up-to-date information can be found on the wiki page:
> > >     https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons
> > > 
> > > If you want to keep using syscons(4), you can add the following line to
> > > /boot/loader.conf:
> > >     kern.vty=sc
> > > 
> > > Thank you to everyone who tested and reported problems! Please continue
> > > to do so, especially if you find the need to go back to syscons.
> > 
> > No. Thank _you_! :)
> > 
> > I was unable to determine from the wiki. But do all these wonderful
> > new features also work with the nVidia blob, under vt(4)?
> > I'm currently building a new 11-CURRENT from the 10-26 iso, as I write
> > this, and was wondering if the graphics mode at higher resolutions was
> > now possible using the nVidia blob.
> > 
> 
> No, video mode won't work with the nVidia blob.  That requires
> a KMS (in-kernel) driver.

Thank you for the reply, Gary.

Ahh. I see. So unless I have ATI hardware, I'm pretty much out of luck?

Thanks again.

--Chris

> 
> -- 
> Gary Jennejohn