From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 13 13:05:03 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0642106566B for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:05:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ait@rocc.ru) Received: from mail.rocc.ru (mail.rocc.ru [194.84.181.131]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E3288FC20 for ; Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:05:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freebsd.wsru.t2ru ([10.77.44.133]) by mail.rocc.ru (peer1) with ESMTP id o6DD51mm092891; Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:05:01 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from ait@rocc.ru) Message-ID: <4C3C647D.2020501@rocc.ru> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:05:01 +0400 From: ait User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100708 Thunderbird/3.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hpcharles@gmail.com References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help needed : FreeBSD 8.1 / xorg / xf86-video-intel / dell400 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:05:03 -0000 On 07/13/2010 15:37, Henri-Pierre Charles wrote: > Hello, I've a dell d400 laptop quite old but still usefull. I've upgraded to > 8.1-RC2 which seem ok. It was perfectly functionnal with FreeBSD 8.0 > and the freebsd-8.0-release packages. > > My usual way to upgrade packages is to "pkg_delete -a"&& pkg_add -r a list > of my usual softwares which come from ports/i386/i386/packages-8.1-release/ > which contain xf86-video-intel-2.7.1_3&& xorg-7.5 > > It's impossible to have a graphical output > > (1) Using video-intel the system hang immediately without any message > > I've also tried to add : > Option "DRI" "off" # [] > Option "NoAccel" "on" # [] > in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf Device section : still hang > > I've try to patch i830_display.c:i830_crtc_load_lut as suggested in another > thread, the system does not hang but has a black screen > > > (2) Using video-vesa X fail with a message : > "(EE) VESA(0): No valid modes" > "(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration." > > I've put all the possible information here : > http://henripierre.charles.free.fr/Xorg-Intel/ > - pciconf -lv > - xorg.conf > - Xorg.0.log for intel driver, intel patched driver, vesa driver . > > I've tried to modify my initial xorg.conf without any success. Is > there a solution, > (even with a not accelerated solution) or am I obliged to downgrade to > 8.0 to keep > FreeBSD or install a modern ubuntu (troll inside :-) ? Any idea or clue ? > > Cheers > > -- > HPC http://ticetmensonges.blog.free.fr I have the same troubles on my old Asus laptop. Intel video and xv video mode has been in unusable state for quite a while actually. You may want to look at this thread in the forums: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=15686 -- Best wishes, Dmitry.