Solved DE/WM logoff not working

[erdos]

Hello

Whenever I logoff from XFCE or Icewm, it ends with a blank screen, instead of console.

I'm using 10.1.

Any idea how to remedy this?

 

[wblock@]

The console is still there, just not visible. So it is usually possible to type startx to restart X.

Long-term, use vt(4), which is KMS-aware. Add

kern.vty=vt

to /boot/loader.conf. It will take effect on the next boot.

 

[erdos]

Thanks, it works now.

Can you explain what's the rationale behind unable to logoff from DE/WM to console?

 

[wblock@]

The old console, sc(4), did not know how to deal with KMS (kernel mode-switching video drivers). There was no problem until X quit and sc(4) was not aware and did not know how to switch back to text mode. The new vt(4) console does understand KMS, so there is no problem.