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List:       freebsd-ppc
Subject:    Re: iMac G3 vs. Xorg/xfce4: Module fbdevhw does not have a fbdevhwModuleData
From:       Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn () freebsd ! org>
Date:       2015-06-19 0:24:56
Message-ID: 55836158.6020001 () freebsd ! org
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Yeah, the fbdevhw thing is what is supposed to allow VT switching. In 
general, if you have a graphics driver that needs it and turn it off, 
you can't go back to the text console. The exception is if you use 
xf86-video-scfb, which is unaccelerated but uses the kernel framebuffer.
-Nathan

On 06/18/15 14:20, Jason Bacon wrote:
>
> That helped, thanks.  There are still issues with screen updating and 
> vt switching, but I'll play with those in the background for a while.
>
> On 06/18/15 14:37, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:
>> You need to set "UseFBDev" to "False" in your xorg.conf. This is some 
>> Linuxism in the driver.
>> -Nathan
>>
>> On 06/11/15 07:44, Jason Bacon wrote:
>>>
>>> FYI, I'm attempting to run sysutils/desktop-installer on an iBook 
>>> G3.  It has mostly gone fine, but I encountered the same Xorg issue 
>>> described here:
>>>
>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ppc/2014-September/007194.html 
>>>
>>>
>>> Has anyone found a solution or workaround?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>     Jason
>>>
>>
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