Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 17:38:18 +0530 From: vm finance <vm.finance2@gmail.com> To: Per Hedeland <per@hedeland.org> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-12.1 on laptop Message-ID: <CAKy-8=gccmRfqtg07JYmo15P0VV5bJo=tipOLURwEH0iA401tw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <770ebb05-9d76-1b54-5bf5-af548368e19e@hedeland.org> References: <CAKy-8=hUCNiAufHHgpLJTnbS_==aHT7UyspgjLyro-yEcxJ2_w@mail.gmail.com> <30022fe5-800e-0a9a-fff6-8edb0171e153@denninger.net> <CAKy-8=h9jacsx0ZUSucF9qN7AZ6xdtzGoacwxccoWHm9OF-Baw@mail.gmail.com> <CAC=ypSUq8gc8LsWB=Lyz01ktfcBnBaYSuyP3KBo%2BSL9StAv7rw@mail.gmail.com> <CAKy-8=iVsLqNkwdxn_E-1R5t8mmp14JULN%2BKHRf-asWTzWcWfA@mail.gmail.com> <5c2c0fe0-93fa-246e-a3ae-05e813e246df@panix.com> <CAKy-8=i07xSnz3yW3H1XCOJ8_7x_m1__e0r68HxUx-R7-A0x8w@mail.gmail.com> <CAKy-8=gte8_xZGTt17kRgPtyj9mi6wx-ahehNSGrbcedVn4ZNQ@mail.gmail.com> <CACNAnaECR4bQ=FAM%2BwTfU0HaR63uAUQkp41mS9pPSM=4K_EGqQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAKy-8=gh7nGqzf9G5A7zJDoa2EQgA432k49djHi3%2Bzhg36Tv_A@mail.gmail.com> <CAKy-8=ivtDo0it9fzyUp8mUDAQuGWVfdQqfz2hmhXcA6CXJn%2Bg@mail.gmail.com> <CAKy-8=gHp67aqpXXNM=rfsWwNc4Ay__bsC-09NZ03Afm9W4ekg@mail.gmail.com> <CAKy-8=ho=mD5WLJA5iHbDt9prnrMDhjrwmWOO5NXumQDB9hXhw@mail.gmail.com> <20191128103810.9599da0b.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAKy-8=h05oQfa6rBhOH74vPt3e6m6u3-UXx6v3DWLgXp8No6Hw@mail.gmail.com> <770ebb05-9d76-1b54-5bf5-af548368e19e@hedeland.org>
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I don't see /boot/modules/i915kms.ko under /boot/modules However there are several other present: i915_bxt_* i915_cnl* i915_kbl*... How do I get i915kms.ko? Thanks! On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 5:01 PM Per Hedeland <per@hedeland.org> wrote: > On 2019-11-28 11:03, vm finance wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Its Intel's "UHD Graphics 620". I don't see it installed/loaded under > > "kldstat". > > > > Do you think steps mentioned in > > http://www.srobb.net/freebsdintel.html > > > > would suffice to get around the issue I have? > > If not, could u please suggest next steps. > > > > Pls let me know. Thanks so much! > > Sigh, after all the discussion and problem / fix reports (mostly on > the freebsd-x11@ list, which I'm adding to Cc) about the "new DRM" > stuff, one would think that there should be some simple-to-follow > *FreeBSD* web page that explained it all and could be pointed to if > not immediately found. > > There is https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics, which IMHO is neither > simple to find nor to follow, and which still has the broken-with-12.1 > "pkg install drm-kmod" advice. I think it is sad, since there's a lot > of great work that has gone into this - personally I have a laptop > that wouldn't have had *any* graphics (on FreeBSD) without it, and I > know I'm not alone in that. > > Anyway, enough ranting - if you look at the "Intel Integrated Graphics > (aka HD Graphics)" section on the above page, and specifically the > "Example Configuration For Post Broadwell System", and *skip* the bad > pkg advice, you'll find that the next step is to add > > kld_list="/boot/modules/i915kms.ko" > > to rc.conf - and actually the "post-install package message" will have > told you so, but yeah, who reads those things... > > The problem (not explained anywhere that I can find right now) is that > after building and installing the drm-kmod port (or package), you have > *two* drivers called i915kms installed. One is part of the base > system, /boot/kernel/i915kms.ko - this is the one that doesn't work > for you (or me), and gets loaded if you do "kldload i915kms". The > other is from the port that you installed, and it's the above > /boot/modules/i915kms.ko - you must ensure that this is the one that > is loaded. > > The above line makes sure that this happens at reboot (loading via > boot/loader.conf has been reported to *not* work in at least *some* > cases, and there's no advantage over loading via /etc/rc.conf), but > you can also do it manually for testing, by using the full path with > "kldload": > > kldload /boot/modules/i915kms.ko > > Read and follow also the subsequent steps in the example, as well as > the "Note:" at the end of the section. If your card is actually > supported (and frankly I'm not sure how to figure that out in any > other way than trying it), you should be fine at that point. > > --Per Hedeland >
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