From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 10 16:39:34 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 A2FCB37B for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:39:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-la0-x22c.google.com (mail-la0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c03::22c]) (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 11F9BBB0 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:39:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f44.google.com with SMTP id gd6so2773019lab.3 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:39:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=wF3zuXObBmWFz8JjOid/GcqX0DGg/vJpl/CsPMBUX+g=; b=IqNCcGwK+tVqRsV/iscqs/WGJ060xGYybQDcKHPZ3VfrsExZxfOiV4NWK4mz+222Nl OuJa6bg/dVIKJSpQpXmmzxhH5LZDltp6QQGa7IodaCp3sKonILxp+cQDUy3GyEsX77Vv 8QjkoZhFWUn/DDC3bk7MpbRz5zLP7HomRbmDKdpeXefjxr16GkbWROg6/s7d6Zwctrdu 2at37/TAYA3vpLLXqXV+UWXfJ2e2Ifclp7n+ekm6bXXfu0Xcj27NWt3XjOX7h0OqtUPH Hthsr+RhEzt8wA1picdn8eVNoqkAqDg0kEFxk+Xqvzh1NdJJStHpubZch8UF/6+08oR5 l1Kg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.29.41 with SMTP id g9mr5123844lah.32.1418229572137; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:39:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.79.102 with HTTP; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:39:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:39:32 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: nvidia-driver fails to load gui From: Johannes Dieterich To: Shawn Webb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: Henry Hu , 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 16:39:34 -0000 Hi, On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Shawn Webb wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Henry Hu wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Shawn Webb wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Henry Hu > wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> 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? > >>> > >> > >> I haven't tried the other outputs. My primary output will be the > internal > >> LCD. What would it take to get it to work? > >> > > > > Wait for the kernel driver update which would support Haswell graphics? > > > > Who's in charge of that? I've pinged kib@ privately with no reply. Is > there > a patchset that I can help test out on 11-current? What's the status? I'd > love to help get the Haswell update out the door, especially now that I > have multiple systems running Haswell. > you may be aware, there was https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2014-October/052532.html (and v2 of the patch) from kib@ that I and others gave a spin. The second version worked fine for me (including xorg-experimental repo w/ the Intel 3.0beta driver). Note however that this does not really include Haswell support according to kib@ but he seems to run it on a Haswell system. Maybe this helps? Other than that, I have heard to news (and I am eager to test...). HTH Johannes