From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 10 16:23:23 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 96AD393F for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:23:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x22b.google.com (mail-wi0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::22b]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 253B3A0D for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:23:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f171.google.com with SMTP id bs8so11755171wib.16 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:23:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=kchgNlUau6F9TmNLFM0bWr7vDYs4aoe0S4wFGE3NWHA=; b=IroeJ028xaPWriOY3/pwL597FMkYG73Ud2sp7uNAUIajAfUXUsikYU0ZRFp1Ovudps 4b5UvjFOskbiCWKQNR2ys8IkV14Hljd4cK/nn/6NREOO/BoFL6wmIshz+VKhMDj1qXpR U56ABh41zeto5/9SPz2XtSXW6mCNStRhhdyaHDvxRPMIH2hWTpRx5wY+FO1xLr7AxTDB GlBhNmQZ8p6EZR/GhQeI+9jZd1UwNhhZZYhM9D0uue400qFYPBsjtUD46gHFZcrr4b0A iEB+hbnuCZf/DoP/izpL333O3bwenOSxpOPUIakh5RETudVcHXjTNpv9MLorWs250NfT 9+YA== X-Received: by 10.180.126.99 with SMTP id mx3mr14742879wib.66.1418228600516; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:23:20 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.194.118.234 with HTTP; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:22:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Henry Hu Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:22:40 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: nvidia-driver fails to load gui To: Shawn Webb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: FreeBSD-current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:23:23 -0000 On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Shawn Webb wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Henry Hu wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Shawn Webb wrote: >> >>> Hey All, >>> >>> More new laptop woes. The good-ish news is that the VESA driver works, >>> but >>> x11/nvidia-driver doesn't. I'm on a Lenovo Y50-70. When I run `startx`, >>> it >>> appears that xorg switches to a new vty, but doesn't actually bring up >>> the >>> UI. I see a new console (as in vty) with a cursor at the top left corner. >>> >>> xorg.conf is pasted here: http://ix.io/1Dr >>> Xorg.0.log is pasted here: http://ix.io/1Dq >>> >>> I'll just use the VESA driver for now, but it'd be nice to be able to >>> hook >>> the laptop up to a second monitor or a projector, which I can't do with >>> the >>> VESA driver. >>> >> >> Is it an optimus laptop? Have you tried uninstalling nvidia driver and >> try the intel driver? >> > > It's a Lenovo Y50-70, which is running Intel Haswell, so the intel driver > won't work. > I'm afrad that the nvidia card would not work either, at least for the internal LCD. Some optimus cards only provide 3d acceleration, and some are only connected to HDMI/DisplayPort outputs. Have you tried other outputs on the laptop? > > Thanks, > > Shawn > -- Cheers, Henry