Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 19:29:07 +0200 From: Vladyslav Shtabovenko <dfew.entwickler@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does KMS work with gen 2 Intel graphics on FreeBSD 9.1? Message-ID: <522F56E3.8090102@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130910140810.GA2312@SeanLaptop.webcheckout.net> References: <CADu3-Esj3fgd1enEJ1q1pdwkY0X-OxSdHSEv8T7bq95uR2j7-A@mail.gmail.com> <20130910140810.GA2312@SeanLaptop.webcheckout.net>
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I see. Currently I'm using the stock 9.1 release kernel. It is rather painful to compile something on that laptop (Pentium M with ~1 GHz). I'll have access to the machine only this Friday. Then I'll check the thing with the text console. Thanks! Am 10.09.2013 16:08, schrieb Sean DuBois: > The only way to have KMS support in 9.1 right now is to build with > WITH_NEW_XORG=true and WITH_KMS=true in your make.conf, do you have > these flags enabled? > > Another good check (right now) is to switch to a text console VT > switching is not enabled so the screen will stay black > (See https://wiki.freebsd.org/Intel_GPU) > > You will also have i915kms.ko loaded > > I am not a X11 dev, I just use the driver day to day so sorry I can't > give you a better technical answer! > > > On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 01:48:50PM +0200, Vladyslav Shtabovenko wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm running FreeBSD 9.1 on an old IBM Thinkad X30 equiped with >> Intel 830MG graphics chip (gen 2). The graphics works fine, but I'm >> wondering >> if the driver really uses KMS or just switches back to some legacy routine. >> >> Is there any way I can check it? >> >> Cheers, >> Vladyslav >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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