Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 13:19:18 +0100 From: Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org> To: Arrigo Marchiori <ardovm@yahoo.it>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel modules and updates (problems with graphics/drm-stable-kmod) Message-ID: <47be1338-40fa-ec15-0c97-4655ee39ab12@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20181029112355.GA3887@nuvolo> References: <20181029112355.GA3887@nuvolo>
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On 10/29/18 12:23 PM, Arrigo Marchiori via freebsd-stable wrote: > Dear All, > > I am encountering a strange problem with port graphics/drm-stable-kmod. > My system is a 11.2-STABLE amd64 with GENERIC kernel. > > I upgrade the base system every week or two from source. My > /etc/make.conf lists graphics/drm-stable-kmod in PORTS_MODULES, in > order to have it recompiled with every kernel. > > When I install the new kernel, run mergemaster and reboot, however, > Xorg is unable to drive the video card: something goes wrong with DRM > and he tty belonging to Xorg remains black. The other tty's work > well. > > I tracked down the problem to the file /boot/kernel/radeonkms.ko > ^^^^^^ > If I delete that file and reboot, Xorg works fine. > > My question is: why is that file there? The port > graphics/drm-stable-kmod installs its module in > /boot/modules/radeonkms.ko but the other version from /boot/kernel/ > ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ > seems to be loaded instead, and therefore Xorg does not work. > > Is this a bug of either installkernel, or the port? Or am I doing > anything wrong? > > Thank you in advance, > Hi! /boot/kernel/radeonkms.ko is part of the old drm driver that is in base on 11.2 and 12. In order to load the module from drm-stable-kmod you need to specify the whole path, /boot/modules/radeonkms.ko when loading the module. Regards -- Niclas Zeising
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