Am 26.05.2015 um 18:33 schrieb Steven Chamberlain: > Hi Jan, > > How did you install this headless system? The install media has a > graphical GRUB menu which I don't think you could operate from a text- > only console. Did you have a graphical display during install? > > Steven Chamberlain wrote: >> * if text-mode was default, what happens when a drm2 graphics driver >> is loaded; does VT switching still work then? > tested that, it switches over to KMS as soon as the kernel > module is loaded, by the Xorg video driver or otherwise > >> * I recall the old VT would glitch sometimes on 'cursor left' (glyphs >> would be blanked out though they are still there); would text-mode >> reintroduce that bug? > newcons doesn't seem to have that bug any more, even in text mode > >> * does the text-mode console break any glyphs that were supported in >> vga mode? (I think I know an easy way to check this in d-i) > text-mode lacks support for locales at localechooser's level > 2 or higher. And even at level 1 the Í in Íslenska didn't render, > so probably some level 1 locales are not fully supported. The vga or > KMS framebuffer seems okay up to level 2. > > Therefore, I don't think text-mode is a good default for everyone. > Let's only use it where we need to. > > Regards, Hi Steven, I installed with -display vnc option. I was still collecting experience with QEMU/KVM settings. It is quite disappointing that it works fine with both FreeBSD and Linux, just kFreeBSD does not seem to work this way. Graphics device is the QEMU std device by the way, I do not think there are specific kernel drivers for it. Best regards, Jan
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