Removal of legacy X.Org (aka non-WITH_NEW_XORG)

[Rolf Nielsen]

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On 2014-10-03 11:28, Rolf Nielsen wrote:
> On 2014-10-03 11:17, Jean-Sébastien Pédron wrote:
>> On 03.10.2014 11:08, Rolf Nielsen wrote:
>>> Hi,
> 
>> Hi!
> 
>>> I'm running new X.Org with sc, and I have been doing so for 
>>> quite some time, and I have no problem with console switching. 
>>> Works perfectly. I'm using nvidia-driver-331.67_1, and perhaps 
>>> that has got something to do with it? I haven't seen it
>>> mentioned on any pages and/or discussions about the new X.Org.
> 
>> NVIDIA users aren't impacted by this change because the port 
>> provides its own set of driver/kernel module. You'll get xserver 
>> 1.12 by default instead of 1.7, otherwise, nothing should
>> change.
> 
>>> I would like to use vt, however it doesn't respond to any 
>>> keyboard input during boot, and since I'm using a geli
>>> encrypted root, it's imperative that I can use my keyboard
>>> before / is mounted. I'm still using a PS/2 keyboard, and the
>>> reason for that is that last time I tried a USB one, it didn't
>>> work during boot.
> 
>> When was the last time you tested vt(4)? And which version of 
>> FreeBSD was it?
> 
> FreeBSD lazlar.no-ip.biz 10.1-BETA3 FreeBSD 10.1-BETA3 #0 r272160:
> Fri Sep 26 14:22:01 CEST 2014 
> root at lazlar.no-ip.biz:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TRAPPER  amd64
> 
> I tested it first thing after I'd updated the sources.
> 
> 
>> If you have some time, could you please test a FreeBSD 11-CURRENT
>>  snapshot (just the live media, no need to install anything)? To 
>> enable vt(4), you simply need to "set kern.vty=vt" from the
>> loader prompt.
> 
> 
> I'll see about that during the upcoming weekend.
> 

I had the time to try it now, and it works with
FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-amd64-20140918-r271779-memstick.img
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