On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:37 PM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt at freebsd.org> wrote:> Hi, > > The WITH_NEW_XORG setting has been activated by default on FreeBSD 10.0 > and above, which allows us to have packages for xorg 1.12 and kde4. > > Please be aware that on systems that only support syscons > switching virtual terminals or exiting X > results in a black screen or the last image of their desktop > (like a screenshot) being presented. Commands can still be typed blindly. > > Most, if not all, systems should be using vt(4) and this can be enabled > by setting kern.vty=vt in /boot/loader.conf and reboot to activate. > > On behalf of core, > Bapt >If I followed these instructions: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2014-July/001570.html what are the recommended actions I should take after this change? -- Craig
On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 06:13:53PM -0700, Craig Rodrigues wrote:> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:37 PM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt at freebsd.org> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > The WITH_NEW_XORG setting has been activated by default on FreeBSD 10.0 > > and above, which allows us to have packages for xorg 1.12 and kde4. > > > > Please be aware that on systems that only support syscons > > switching virtual terminals or exiting X > > results in a black screen or the last image of their desktop > > (like a screenshot) being presented. Commands can still be typed blindly. > > > > Most, if not all, systems should be using vt(4) and this can be enabled > > by setting kern.vty=vt in /boot/loader.conf and reboot to activate. > > > > On behalf of core, > > Bapt > > > > > If I followed these instructions: > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2014-July/001570.html > what are the recommended actions I should take after this change?Just disable the FreeBSD_new_xorg repository when the packages will be available (they will be built in 6 days) regards, Bapt -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 181 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20141002/6585820d/attachment.sig>
On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:18 PM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> wrote:> On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 06:13:53PM -0700, Craig Rodrigues wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:37 PM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > The WITH_NEW_XORG setting has been activated by default on FreeBSD 10.0 > > > and above, which allows us to have packages for xorg 1.12 and kde4. > > > > > > Please be aware that on systems that only support syscons > > > switching virtual terminals or exiting X > > > results in a black screen or the last image of their desktop > > > (like a screenshot) being presented. Commands can still be typed > blindly. > > > > > > Most, if not all, systems should be using vt(4) and this can be enabled > > > by setting kern.vty=vt in /boot/loader.conf and reboot to activate. > > > > > > On behalf of core, > > > Bapt > > > > > > > > > If I followed these instructions: > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2014-July/001570.html > > what are the recommended actions I should take after this change? > > Just disable the FreeBSD_new_xorg repository when the packages will be > available > (they will be built in 6 days) >Thanks for the clarification. In any future announcement, you may wish to clarify what will happen to new_xorg repository, and recommended instructions for people to follow in case they have it in their config. Will it new_xorg repo go away? Will it remain but stop being updated? Will it continue to be updated? etc. -- Craig _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"