Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 21:44:36 +0530 From: vm finance <vm.finance2@gmail.com> To: "Kevin P. Neal" <kpn@neutralgood.org> Cc: Theron <theron.tarigo@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-12.1 on laptop Message-ID: <CAKy-8=j8z9nAnko1Dcg7m-g3NC1e2raja2mupYedhk-LdxRNdA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20191127160441.GB69810@neutralgood.org> References: <CAKy-8=hUCNiAufHHgpLJTnbS_==aHT7UyspgjLyro-yEcxJ2_w@mail.gmail.com> <18414268-96b1-6112-2c91-345aea9e7f24@gmail.com> <CAKy-8=hb0rTOSRJ5bbT=GeQoKaZDoVNVUm%2B1o_pUYR6QGSg20A@mail.gmail.com> <20191127160215.GA69810@neutralgood.org> <20191127160441.GB69810@neutralgood.org>
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Well, now after installing drm-kmod, system is in continuous reboot mode..;( Anything possible now? Many thanks! On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 9:34 PM Kevin P. Neal <kpn@neutralgood.org> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 11:02:15AM -0500, Kevin P. Neal wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 07:50:59PM +0530, vm finance wrote: > > > Hi Theron, > > > > > > I tried to do: > > > pkg install drm-kmod > > > > > > It installed ok but still startx fails "Cannot run in framebuffer mode. > > > Please specify busIDs for all framebuffer devices" > > > please let me know how to workaround this. > > > > My wild guess is that the kernel module installed by that port isn't > loaded > > yet. Use 'pkg info drm-kmod' to see what files get installed by the port. > > That's "pkg info -l drm-kmod". > > Sorry! > > > I expect there's something added to /boot/modules that should be loaded. > > > > My hope is that someone who knows the finer points will speak up now. > > > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 10:05 AM Theron <theron.tarigo@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > On 2019-11-26 23:08, vm finance wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > I am trying to install FreeBSD 12.1 on my ThinkPad. I burned an > image to > > > > > USB from freebsd.org, install went through ok but ran into > "startx" > > > > issues > > > > > (Cannot run in framebuffer mod...). Tried a few suggestions on > google but > > > > > nothing worked;( > > > > Does your ThinkPad have Intel graphics? If so, drm-kmod kernel > module > > > > is needed, however the one from pkg will cause kernel panic since > 12.1 > > > > uses 12.x packages, which containing a build of the module that is > only > > > > for 12.0... A known issue: > > > > https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/kms-drm/issues/183 > > > > > > > > It must be built from its port instead: > > > > $ make -C /usr/ports/graphics/drm-kmod install > > > > > > > > Binary packages may be used otherwise. > > > > > > > > Sorry if this wasn't the problem - there wasn't enough information > to go > > > > on in your message. > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- > > Kevin P. Neal from "Crito" by Plato, 360 BCE: > > "But why, my dear Crito, should we care about the opinion of the many? > > Good men, and they are the persons who are worth considering, will > > think of these things truly as they happened." - Socrates > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- > Kevin P. Neal http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/ > > "Nonbelievers found it difficult to defend their position in \ > the presense of a working computer." -- a DEC Jensen paper >
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