Hi David -- Thanks for your reply!
On 02/04/16 03:39, David Dahlberg wrote:
Am Mittwoch, den 03.02.2016, 15:29 -0500 schrieb Samir Parikh:
I am running version 5.8 (amd64) on a Lenovo Thinkpad T450s
with a fairly default installation.
The T405s is a Broadwell.
I have a few issues to sort out but my first concern is that I cannot
exit out of FVWM. I launch it via the command startx while logged in
as
root. When I go to exit (left mouse click on the desktop > Exit),
the
system just hangs which requires me to forcefully power down the
laptop.
If you investigate more closely, you will probably find out, that the
system still works, just the graphics is fscked up: Try logging in via
ssh, or shutting down the system by blindly typing into ttyC0.
I know this is a stupid question but should I try logging into ttyC0 via
CRTL-ALT-F1 while FVWM/X.org is still running or when I am in the
original shell at login?
Broadwell graphics support was added a while ago. IIRC 5.8 should have
some basic support, but still a few bugs. By now (-current) it is petty
stable though.
Any ideas or suggestions?
1) Use modesetting(4) in xorg.conf and wait for 5.9
2) Avoid the vulnerable code paths (e.g. "shutdown" in wm)
and wait for 5.9
3) Update to a recent snapshot.
Ok. Thank you for the ideas. Perhaps I'll look into a recent snapshot
if not other methods work (I also have to get my wireless working so
maybe OpenBSD is not the right OS for my skills and laptop. I hope that
is not the case though!)
