Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 11:32:34 -0700 From: Tom Rushworth <tom.b.rushworth@gmail.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Success: Re: Iris Pro P6300 intel X11 driver (was Re: intro) Message-ID: <d0928b23-b2b3-81e8-7267-40ab63a6ca16@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <e94b9a81-50a0-1576-ac62-f01347d0a11d@unrelenting.technology> References: <f0fb13d6-1d4e-2de8-f3cb-c6976f57fc9f@gmail.com> <696fb5ea-e1bf-d7c2-004a-eb4eb2af43d7@nomadlogic.org> <b7db2fea-a1d8-1b7a-21df-602bd9e0c42e@yahoo.com> <b058386b-4832-5b6e-29df-927077df9541@gmail.com> <201710230617.v9N6HgIW013185@sdf.org> <e94b9a81-50a0-1576-ac62-f01347d0a11d@unrelenting.technology>
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Hi All, On 23/10/2017 02:40, Greg V via freebsd-x11 wrote: > On 10/23/2017 09:17, Scott Bennett wrote: > >> Tom Rushworth <tom.b.rushworth@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Problem summary: new machine with Intel Iris Pro P6300 graphics, FreeBSD >>> 11 runs in console mode but I can't get an X server running. >>> [snip] >>> The good news is that there is a working intel driver for the Iris Pro >>> P6300. >>> >>> Thanks for the help and suggestions - I'll update again if I figure out >>> the plain FreeBSD-12 setup. > > The new graphics drivers (drm-next) are available as a port now, instead > of the fork: > https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/kms-drm > https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-next-kmod > > Just install graphics/drm-next-kmod, configure rc.conf to load it like > the post-install message says, and reboot. > In Xorg, you can try both intel (SNA) and modesetting (Glamor) drivers. > modesetting tends to have hard-to-defeat screen tearing, but it's fast, > lightweight and reliable. This does the job. The X server now drives all 3 grapics outputs without any problems that I've noticed. For the record, the hardware is a CompuLab AirTop with an Intel Iris Pro P6300 grapics chip (i.e i915). I updated the kernel to: uname -a --> FreeBSD maxwell.mannynkapy.net 12.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT #1 r324944: Mon Oct 23 20:52:58 PDT 2017 root@maxwell.mannynkapy.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 and fetched an up to date /usr/ports, where: root@maxwell:/usr/ports/graphics/drm-next-kmod # cat distinfo TIMESTAMP = 1507314617 SHA256 (FreeBSDDesktop-kms-drm-g20171006-63426fd_GH0.tar.gz) = 4ccc9237dde238d28a2a5fc57d62531b994d1c8f0ac1e5a07976636b1923927f SIZE (FreeBSDDesktop-kms-drm-g20171006-63426fd_GH0.tar.gz) = 6677599 Then I did a 'make install' and followed the directions about rc.conf and /etc/group, and the X server came up in working order with the default configuration. I notice that TrueOS has a config file for the X server, but the only difference from the default built in one seems to be that the default loads a few extra drivers, then sees they aren't needed and unloads them. Thanks everyone for a pleasant, instructive, and successful experience! If anyone has further questions about the hardware or configuration I'm using, feel free to ask. Regards, -- Tom Rushworth
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