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Date:      Wed, 28 Apr 2021 18:11:36 +0100
From:      Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Improve resolution from 640x480 on 32 bit laptop with FreeBSD 13-RELEASE
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On 28/04/2021 10:39, Rocky Hotas wrote:
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 8:27 PM
>> From: "Graham Perrin" <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
>> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>> Subject: Re: Improve resolution from 640x480 on 32 bit laptop with FreeBSD 13-RELEASE
>>
>> drm-kmod is a meta port.
> [...]
>> pkg which /boot/modules/i915kms.ko
> Ok, thanks for the clarification. I ran `pkg which
> /boot/modules/i915kms.ko' and the result is:
>
> /boot/modules/i915kms.ko was not found in the database
>
> This confirms that for some reason drm-kmod does not install
> i915kms.ko. As written in the description of the package, ``the most
> recent supported stable DRM for a give[n] FreeBSD version will be
> installed''. So, maybe there is no DRM available for this laptop?


For your use of FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE, drm-kmod should have installed 
drm-fbsd13-kmod

Try removing drm-kmod, then reinstall. What exactly happens?

>
> For older systems, there was a package `drm-legacy-kmod', but it
> has been moved to `drm-kmod' itself on 2020-12-31, as stated in
> https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-kmod (`Port Moves').


<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=253113#c3>;

>
>> Also please note:
>>
>> <https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-fbsd13-kmod/#message>;
> If i915kms.ko is not present in my system, I think `kld_list="i915kms"'
> in /etc/rc.conf has no effect.
>
> Rocky
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