Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 21:37:47 +0000 From: Doug Kirk <dbkirk@gmail.com> To: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org>, Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com>, Matthew Macy <mmacy@nextbsd.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gfx-next update: drm-4.8-rc2 tagged in drm-next Message-ID: <CAGhTqAX-se9YnidCn5P5L5rndUzt2=cN4OJU7gQuVwX9%2BdRpfg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d93f0a38-f2c1-ff61-a1db-6efad39c1ffd@nomadlogic.org> References: <1569231fc12.1189a20c2251388.8699372849515846410@nextbsd.org> <20160920162456.GO8480@rancor.immure.com> <CAGhTqAXdNBTbdvSzBUFaOMY10jEMy6MehNqN%2BFfdZVpZ5Y1Rbg@mail.gmail.com> <439e20fa-6385-68fb-c97e-24705ebd2f94@nomadlogic.org> <157496f7268.ac5eb5ca278618.8741026532558973404@nextbsd.org> <20160920212545.GU8480@rancor.immure.com> <d93f0a38-f2c1-ff61-a1db-6efad39c1ffd@nomadlogic.org>
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Pete, if you would also put a note in about loading the i915kms driver in rc.conf, that'd tie a nice bow around it. Cheers! On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 4:33 PM Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> wrote: > > > On 9/20/16 2:25 PM, Bob Willcox wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 02:10:23PM -0700, Matthew Macy wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> ---- On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 12:19:43 -0700 Pete Wright < > pete@nomadlogic.org> wrote ---- > >> > > >> > > >> > On 9/20/16 12:07 PM, Doug Kirk wrote: > >> > > Hi Bob, > >> > > > >> > > To start, you'll want to build and install the kernel from the > "drm-next" > >> > > branch at https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics > . > >> > > Instructions in the FreeBSD handbook for building/installing. > >> > >> No. drm-next tracks upstream, but is not guaranteed to work at any > particular point in time. Intel users should be using drm-next-4.7. > > > > Hmm, I fear that leaves me with the same noob questions then. Where do I > > start? What do I download? What do I build? > > > > I would really like to try this on my NUC but I'm having trouble getting > > started. > > > > hey there Bob - sounds like the wiki may need a bit refactoring to make > it more intuitive. I'll try to take a stab at that tonight. > > the tl;dr version is: > > - checkout this branch: > git clone https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics.git -b > drm-next-4.7 > > > - compile the world+kernel of this checkout. the normal process of > building the freebsd world from source works in this checkout. > > > - once you are running the appropriate world+kernel configure this new > pkg repository (I put this in a file named > /usr/local/pkg/repo/FreeBSD-ports.repo for example): > > FreeBSD-ports: { > url: > " > http://www.bsddesktop.com/images/120amd64-ports-graphics-xserver-mesa-next/ > " > enabled: yes > } > > - install appropriate Xorg Intel Xorg driver and XFCE4 desktop > environment packages like so: > > $ pkg install -r FreeBSD-ports xorg xf86-video-intel xfce > > > The instructions for building and installing a fresh world from source > are better documented in the handbook here: > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/makeworld.html > > > Cheers, > -p > > -- > Pete Wright > pete@nomadlogic.org > nomadlogicLA > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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