Bug 261914 - vt fails if a non-KMS xorg graphics driver is being used
Summary: vt fails if a non-KMS xorg graphics driver is being used
Status: New
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: kern (show other bugs)
Version: Unspecified
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Many People
Assignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody)
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Keywords: vt
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Reported: 2022-02-13 00:54 UTC by Stefan B.
Modified: 2022-02-21 18:34 UTC (History)
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Description Stefan B. 2022-02-13 00:54:27 UTC 
This vt newcons bug is old, help-seeking users regularly complain about it on the FreeBSD forums, and I just don't understand why the bug still is there.

When used in graphics mode, switching from xorg to vt newcons results in a display of colored boxes.

When used in text mode (hw.vga.textmode=1), vt newcons is usable when switching to console. But, after exiting xorg, vt newcons fails until user switches between consoles using ALT-Fn, which makes vt newcons work again.
Comment 1 Graham Perrin freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2022-02-13 02:49:05 UTC 
(In reply to Stefan B. from comment #0)

> … complain about it on the FreeBSD forums, …

Please, can you link to one of the complaints? With a photograph, ideally.
Comment 2 Stefan B. 2022-02-21 18:34:46 UTC 
See the photo in this forums post.
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/can-not-suspend-system-automatically-wake-up.83300/post-547534

Of course, the blocks pattern slightly varies, depending what is in the buffer.