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Date:      Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:58:21 -0600
From:      John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net>
To:        FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Richard Kuhns <rjk@wintek.com>
Subject:   Re: Getting going with a new Dell 7810
Message-ID:  <C6738D84-77B6-4C4E-85A8-2F9D1D88D286@jnielsen.net>
In-Reply-To: <op.x0b53ssskndu52@53555e88.cm-6-6b.dynamic.ziggo.nl>
References:  <558054EE.4070405@wintek.com> <op.x0b53ssskndu52@53555e88.cm-6-6b.dynamic.ziggo.nl>

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On Jun 16, 2015, at 12:39 PM, Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws> wrote:

> What does 'sysctl kern.vty' say? If it is not 'vt', you need the =
following stuff.
>=20
> /boot/loader.conf should contain
> kern.vty=3D"vt"
>=20
> And /etc/rc.conf
> kld_list=3D"radeonkms"
>=20
> Or something similar.
>=20
> FreeBSD is in the transition of old-style syscons- and vt-terminal. =
The last one has support for modern KMS graphics, but is not the default =
on 10 yet.

With UEFI boot it will be using vt but with the efifb driver by default. =
Hopefully loading the radeon KMS driver (as Ronald suggests above) will =
let it take over. Try it with just a =E2=80=9Ckldload radeonkms=E2=80=9D =
before adding it to rc.conf, just in case something gets wedged..

> On Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:55:10 +0200, Richard Kuhns <rjk@wintek.com> =
wrote:
>=20
>> Greetings all,
>>=20
>> I've just received a new Dell Precision 7810. I've installed FreeBSD
>> 10.1 (UEFI boot), checked out sources, built world & kernel and am =
now
>> running r284449. So far, so good.
>>=20
>> The problem is Xorg. I'm running the latest Xorg in ports; I just did =
a
>> 'make install clean' in /usr/ports/x11/xorg with no errors.
>>=20
>> The display card is a FirePro W4100. lspci shows:
>>=20
>> 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
>> [AMD/ATI] Cape Verde GL [FirePro W4100]
>>=20
>> It has 4 DisplayPorts, and I have 2 monitors plugged in. If I run =
'Xorg
>> -configure' it says
>>=20
>> Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
>>  Configuration failed.
>>=20
>> Looking through /var/log/Xorg.0.log it appears that the X server is
>> trying to use the RADEON driver, but ends with:
>>=20
>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>> [  1292.463] (--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0)
>> [  1292.463] (--) using VT number 9
>>=20
>> [  1292.485] (II) [KMS] Kernel modesetting enabled.
>> [  1292.485] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
>> [  1292.485] (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no =
multi-card
>> support
>> [  1292.485] (=3D=3D) RADEON(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
>> [  1292.485] (II) RADEON(0): Pixel depth =3D 24 bits stored in 4 =
bytes (32
>> bpp pixmaps)
>> [  1292.485] (=3D=3D) RADEON(0): Default visual is TrueColor
>> [  1292.485] (=3D=3D) RADEON(0): RGB weight 888
>> [  1292.485] (II) RADEON(0): Using 8 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC)
>> [  1292.485] (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "VERDE" (ChipID =3D 0x682c)
>> [  1292.579] (EE) RADEON(0): [drm] Failed to open DRM device for
>> pci:0000:03:00.0: No such file or directory
>> [  1292.579] (EE) RADEON(0): Kernel modesetting setup failed
>> [  1292.579] (II) UnloadModule: "radeon"
>> [  1292.579] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable =
configuration.
>> [  1292.579] (EE)
>> Fatal server error:
>> [  1292.579] (EE) no screens found(EE)
>> [  1292.580] (EE)
>> Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
>>         at http://wiki.x.org
>> for help.
>> [  1292.580] (EE) Please also check the log file at
>> "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
>> [  1292.580] (EE)
>> [  1292.580] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
>> =3D=3D=3D=3D
>>=20
>> Should I be able to use this video card? I've done some googling, and
>> apparently at least some Linux people are using it.
>>=20
>> It's not a huge deal if it doesn't work; I can install a Radeon HD =
4670
>> that I know works. If I've mis-configured something, though, I'd like =
to
>> fix it.
>>=20
>> Thanks for any comments!
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