Switching to console = black screen

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mahashakti89

Hi,

I finalized the installation of
Code: 
FreeBSD 10.3-BETA2
. Almost everything is O.K. but there is one problem I couldn't solve. If I leave X and switch to console using
Code: 
Ctrl+Alt+F1
the screen is turning black with one message
Code: 
Entering power saving mode
. I have no access to the shell prompt.
Where is the clue ??

1. /boot/loader.con
Code: 
nvidia_load="YES"
#Use new graphical console driver
kern.vt.fb.default_mode="1x1200"
#devil worship in loader logo
#loader_logo="beastie"
# Boot-time kernel tuning
kern.ipc.shmseg=1024
kern.ipc.shmmni=1024
kern.maxproc=10000
autotoboot_delay="5"
kern.vty="vt"
#hw.vga.textmode="1"
#splash_bmp_load="YES"
#bitmap_load="YES"
#bitmap_name="/boot/splash.bmp"

2. /etc/ttys
Code: 
....
#
ttyv0  "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"  xterm  on  secure
# Virtual terminals
ttyv1  "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"  xterm  on  secure
ttyv2  "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"  xterm  on  secure
ttyv3  "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"  xterm  on  secure
ttyv4  "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"  xterm  on  secure
ttyv5  "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"  xterm  on  secure
ttyv6  "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"  xterm  on  secure
ttyv7  "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"  xterm  on  secure
ttyv8  "/usr/local/kde4/bin/kdm -nodaemon"  on secure

3. /etc/rc.conf
Code: 
hostname="ishwara"
kdm4_enable="YES"
kld_list="aio.ko coretemp.ko libiconv.ko libmchain.ko cd9660_iconv.ko msdosfs_iconv.ko cuse4bsd.ko"
keymap="fr.iso.acc."
ifconfig_re0="SYNCDHCP"
ifconfig_em0="SYNCDHCP"
sshd_enable="YES"
dumpdev="NO"
fsck_y_enable="YES"
webmin_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"
webcamd_enable="YES"
devd_enable="YES"
tmpmfs="YES"
firewall_enable="yes"
firewall_type="workstation"
firewall_logging="YES"
firewall_nat_enable="YES"
syslogd_enable="YES"
clear_tmp_enable="YES"
mixer_enable="YES"
tmpsize="1024m"
fusefs_enable="YES"
snd_hda_load="YES"
moused_enable="YES"
powerd_enable="YES"
powerd_flags="-a hiadaptive -b adaptive"
hcsecd_enable="YES"
sdpd_enable="YES"
ntpd_enable="YES"
ntpd_flags="-g"
linux_enable="YES"
if_em_load="YES"
devfs_system_ruleset="localrules"
blank_time="NO"
rc_info="YES"

Thanks
 
wblock@ said:
The comment in loader.conf says it "uses" the vt(4) console, but the shown code does not actually enable vt(4). And a 1x1200 mode is somewhat unlikely.
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For that last line I grabbed that from some forum. I will comment it out.
Thanks
tobik said:
What graphics card are you using?

I am using a NVIDIA GT 640

wblock@ There's also a line in there that enables it:



Is that a message from your display or from the FreeBSD console?
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That is a message from the display. I forgot :Consoles are working but only if I don't launch a X session.
 
Hmm. Why not keep related entries together? There are several typos, like autotoboot. The filename shown is loader.con. If that is the actual filename, none of these settings are being used.
 
wblock@ said:
Hmm. Why not keep related entries together? There are several typos, like autotoboot. The filename shown is loader.con. If that is the actual filename, none of these settings are being used.
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For keeping related entries together , now /boot/loader.conf looks like that :
Code: 
nvidia_load="YES"
kern.vty="vt"
kern.ipc.shmseg=1024
kern.ipc.shmmni=1024
kern.maxproc=10000
autotoboot_delay="5"

there is no typo in the shown file, the actual file name is right.

As for the typo with autoboot
Code: 
autotoboot_delay="5"
it seems O.K. or not?

Thanks
 
The quotes indeed didn't matter. I tried without quotes. Same result
Thanks to wblock for the typo. One can be blind ....
 
I don't think the Nvidia driver works with console switching from X right now when using vt(4) and the UEFI framebuffer(efifb). IIRC, this should be fixed in later versions of the Nvidia driver that have not, as of yet, been pulled into the ports tree. It's being worked on: PR 201340.

I don't know if this is the case across the board but it is for all the hardware I own/use.
 
Sounds strange to me. Till then I never had a problem wit the Nvidia driver, for example when I was running the 10.2-RELEASE.
 
I haven't seen this until recently myself. Right around the time 10.3-BETA1 was tagged is when I noticed it. It happens on 11-CURRENT as well.

Edit: Just adding that there is a recent PR filed against this very issue - PR 201461
 
mahashakti89 said:
If so then it is a bug ? And I have to wait till 10.3-BETA3 or later.
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Yes, but it's not clear to me if it is a bug in certain Nvidia hardware, the Nvidia driver itself, the FreeBSD console driver or the interaction between them by looking at the PR.

The problem has to be found before it can be fixed so I really have no idea how long it will take to fix, sorry. I'm hoping it will be fixed once the newer Nvidia driver(s) are pulled into the ports tree if the issue isn't found and fixed before hand.
 
ZOleg said:
I change x11/nvidia-driver x11/nvidia-settings x11/nvidia-xconfig for 361.28 Nvidia driver, work well on my FreeBSD 11/GTX980.
I can not attach files to messages, link - http://rghost.net/6txtyjJ85
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This is not a very good idea. The x11/nvidia port is patched by the port maintainer to install correctly without clobbering/replacing existing files. The driver tarball from Nvidia's website is not patched so you'll likely end up with a broken system the first time you try to update your ports or packages if it doesn't break your system before that.

There is a reason driver v361.28 is not in the ports tree yet.
 
Already done. I noticed one change : I do have a graphic session as usual and one console on
Code: 
/dev/tty1
. I can't access the other consoles with Ctr+Alt+F*.

My actual /boot/loader.conf
Code: 
nvidia_load="YES"
#Use new graphical console driver
kern.vty=vt
hw.vga.textmode=1
#kern.vt.fb.default_mode="1x1200"
#devil worship in loader logo
loader_logo="beastie"
# Boot-time kernel tuning
kern.ipc.shmseg=1024
kern.ipc.shmmni=1024
kern.maxproc=10000
and futher /etc/rc.conf
Code: 
hostname="ishwara"
kdm4_enable="YES"
kld_list="aio.ko coretemp.ko libiconv.ko libmchain.ko cd9660_iconv.ko msdosfs_iconv.ko cuse4bsd.ko"
keymap="fr.iso.acc"
ifconfig_re0="SYNCDHCP"
ifconfig_em0="SYNCDHCP"
sshd_enable="YES"
dumpdev="NO"
fsck_y_enable="YES"
webmin_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"
webcamd_enable="YES"
devd_enable="YES"
tmpmfs="YES"
firewall_enable="YES"
firewall_type="client"
firewall_logging="YES"
firewall_nat_enable="YES"
syslogd_enable="YES"
clear_tmp_enable="YES"
mixer_enable="YES"
tmpsize="1024m"
fusefs_enable="YES"
snd_hda_load="YES"
devfs_system_ruleset="devfsrules_common"
moused_enable="YES"
powerd_enable="YES"
powerd_flags="-a hiadaptive -b adaptive"
hcsecd_enable="YES"
sdpd_enable="YES"
ntpd_enable="YES"
ntpd_flags="-g"
linux_enable="YES"
if_em_load="YES"

Regards
 
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