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Originally posted by bug77 View PostOops, my memory is playing tricks on me. I was referring to this one: http://askubuntu.com/questions/13090...realtime-kerne
It's not about a newer kernel, it's about a newer X server actually. My bad.
Originally posted by uid313 View PostPlymouth.
Smooth boot experience without any flicker.
I would understand it more if you said high-res console. Even though I only use it if X isn't working for some reason, a high-res console comes in handy. Here's the kicker though: you don't need KMS for that either!
Originally posted by bug77 View Post/facepalm ...
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Originally posted by Gusar View PostYou don't need KMS for that. Also, this fascination some have with the boot process is... fascinating. I currently have an uptime of 18 days. And even on the netbook or laptop, which get restarted more often, why on Earth should I care how the boot process looks? What goes on when the machine is operational is what matters. Also, you don't get any flicker already even before you get to Linux starting?
I would understand it more if you said high-res console. Even though I only use it if X isn't working for some reason, a high-res console comes in handy. Here's the kicker though: you don't need KMS for that either!
Also with KMS you get instant VT switching, with F1-F7 in an instant, no delay. Very smooth.
I am not one of those assholes with their computers on day and night and 18 day uptime. I turn on my computer when I use it, then I turn it off when I don't use it.
Saving energy, you know? Taking care of the environment.
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Originally posted by uid313 View PostPlymouth sucks without KMS. You get like 640x480 low screen resolution on a 24", it looks horrible. Then there is a mode change to 1920x1200, and it flickers.
Also with KMS you get instant VT switching, with F1-F7 in an instant, no delay. Very smooth.
Originally posted by uid313 View PostI am not one of those assholes with their computers on day and night and 18 day uptime. I turn on my computer when I use it, then I turn it off when I don't use it.
Saving energy, you know? Taking care of the environment.
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Get rid of plymouth (or at least the splash screen). All it does is hide important boot messages. I'm glad Debian doesn't use plymouth. Hell, I even made a PPA so Ubuntu users could get rid of plymouth without removing important stuff.. https://launchpad.net/~dtl131/+archi...acks/+packages
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Originally posted by Gusar View PostAnd again, KMS isn't a requirement for these.
When I am using the proprietary Nvidia drivers I get 640x480 and VT-switching takes seconds.
Yeah, I know I can pass some boot parameters to the kernel such as vga=973 or something by editing the GRUB config file.
But thanks to KMS, it "just works" with Nouveau.
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I'm not.sure KMS was such a great idea to begin with. For example, is it possible to switch between nouveau and blob without rebooting? It seems thanks to KMS you can't ever unload the nouveau kernel module, whereas the blob is only needed to start X. That also allows for easy driver updates w/o reboot.
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Originally posted by uid313 View PostWhen I am using Nouveau I get 1900x1200, and fast VT-switching.
When I am using the proprietary Nvidia drivers I get 640x480 and VT-switching takes seconds.
Originally posted by not.sure View PostI'm not.sure KMS was such a great idea to begin with. For example, is it possible to switch between nouveau and blob without rebooting? It seems thanks to KMS you can't ever unload the nouveau kernel module, whereas the blob is only needed to start X.Code:echo 0 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind rmmod nouveau /etc/init.d/consolefont restart rmmod ttm rmmod drm_kms_helper rmmod drm
Last edited by Gusar; 21 May 2012, 11:15 AM.
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