Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:13:38 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> To: Nikolay Tychina <niktychina@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDE 4 hangs at splash screen when using KMS enabled 10-CURRENT Message-ID: <CAN6yY1sbzOV3tK=%2BvLCA4sJhXhPPvOVF3Tp3piNPAboa_m3eqA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAEXpyJsE93k_=ChurJquSTBiayUhBP9KktZMb1diU9UqZsKz5w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEXpyJvUeRH1oyg2Qd%2BN8vKD%2BnBLdHQN44J2tZHyMnkxireV9g@mail.gmail.com> <CAN6yY1uzrge3OtJMj6rq8O3X%2BgfVG4zCvpJ1h9puuWfWCSTE=g@mail.gmail.com> <CAEXpyJsE93k_=ChurJquSTBiayUhBP9KktZMb1diU9UqZsKz5w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Nikolay Tychina <niktychina@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting, last time I checked FreeBSD Wiki on Intel_GPU, it was > saying 'kldload i915kms && startx'. > Anyway, the system never hung up after I many times followed the instruction, > it's just KDE isn't able to finish its startup. > > 2012/6/29 Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com>: >> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 6:15 AM, Nikolay Tychina <niktychina@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>I freshly built x11/xorg and x11/kde4 on FreeBSD 10-CURRENT and was >>>>ready to use it with new Intel driver, but >>>>after I kldloaded i915kms.ko and started X, KDE just hung up at its >>>>splash screen after displaying its logo (last icon). Then screen got >>>>blank with only a movable mouse cursor on it. >>> >>> I disabled "Composite" extension in xorg.conf and KDE started fine. No >>> effects though. >>> Is there an issue with Intel driver or X or anything else? >>> Everything seems to work quite well, but I'm just curious. >> >> While this may or may not be the issue, you should not EVER kldload >> i915kms.ko! This WILL result in a hung system. You should start X >> normally (startx or via ?dm) and Xorg will load all of the required >> modules. I believe that this is in the wiki. >> >> Oh, and on't EVER kldunload it, either.It is definitely documented >> that this will panic the system. >> >> Several people have posted this problem on two or three different >> lists.(I am was almost one of them.) >> -- >> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer >> E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com >From hte Intel_GPU wiki: Use startx to let ddx driver load the right kernel module. Set sysctl hw.dri.debug=0 to reduce verbosity of the driver at runtime. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com
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