Slow switch from console to X with 7.x?

[John E Hein]

Warren Block wrote at 10:54 -0600 on Jun 23, 2008:
 > Just switched a 6.3 system to 7-STABLE and then csupped and rebuilt all 
 > ports.  No CPU optimizations in /etc/make.conf.
 > 
 > The only serious difference seems to be switching from a text console to 
 > X (Alt-F9).  Graphic mode screen shows immediately (but not completely, 
 > looks like the wrong bit depth) and then there's a lag of about five 
 > seconds, then the screen is is drawn correctly.
 > 
 > That switch took a second or so on 6.3.  No difference with or without 
 > VESA/SC_PIXEL_MODE in the kernel, and switching from X to a text console 
 > (Ctrl-Alt-F1) seems the same as before, about a second.

Slow switching with usb keyboards is a known problem, but I don't think
that is a 7.x regression, and I don't recall if it matters if you
go from text->graphics or vice versa.