From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KNZKe-0008OW-GU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:28:36 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 64680E04EF; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:28:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40A98E04EF for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:28:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D40D967C56 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:28:33 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.599 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.599 required=5.5 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 8PFsU5jjLTEb for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:28:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD9F5B47E1 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:28:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KNZKP-0006lu-IG for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:28:21 +0000 Received: from athedsl-170567.home.otenet.gr ([85.75.209.229]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:28:21 +0000 Received: from realnc by athedsl-170567.home.otenet.gr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:28:21 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Nikos Chantziaras Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: blank consoles after X starts Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:28:06 +0300 Message-ID: References: <1217115456.14561.10.camel@rattus.localdomain> <1217125191.14561.12.camel@rattus.localdomain> <28da1bb0807262330m24ba7b9ev666600912af1f930@mail.gmail.com> <28da1bb0807270008q4249875ambf74899d8170d954@mail.gmail.com> <28da1bb0807270242u526b8f02gbce2e50bca0fd161@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: athedsl-170567.home.otenet.gr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080728) In-Reply-To: <28da1bb0807270242u526b8f02gbce2e50bca0fd161@mail.gmail.com> Sender: news Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 0cc2f3fd-4525-41b1-b567-b65ba633025e X-Archives-Hash: 575cbeca8d0a1583aa6c51d792e2dda1 Jorge Mart=C3=ADnez L=C3=B3pez wrote: > uvesafb was working perfectly for me, without any delays at boot. It > has been included in the mainline kernel and it seems to be "The Way > to Go" (TM). I stumbled upon a new development on X.Org: Kernel Mode Setting. I=20 think that "The Way to Go" will be using the same driver for the=20 framebuffer console as well as X. http://www.x.org/wiki/ModeSetting http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=3Darticle&item=3Dkernel_modesetting= &num=3D1 Hopefully we'll see this sooner rather than later. It would mean 100%=20 thorough and *instant* VT switching.