Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 06:22:23 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Cc: Matthew Rezny <mrezny@hexaneinc.com>, Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ports/156405: x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati driver: no hardware rendering Message-ID: <26.37.28548.F1A30225@hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com>
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>From my previous post and Niclas Zeising's response: > > When I tried with new Xorg and KMS in 9-STABLE, my system froze immediately, not just the console. I finally managed to downgrade to the old Xorg after > considerable difficulty. > What hardware do you have? Are you sure that the system froze, and not > only that the console went black? Did you check any logs (dmesg, xorg > log, etc.) How do you load the kernel modules for the intel kms driver? > In general, you shouldn't need to load anything at all, X loads the > correct kernel module at the correct time during startup. I don't remember about the logs, and now is far too late. But I remember doing everything I did when I had this problem with NetBSD on old computer, native xorg server, not pkgsrc, and no KMS. Nothing I did with keyboard had any effect. I tried to Ctrl-Alt-F1 and "shutdown -r now", nothing. I also tried the Caps Lock key to see if there was any life, did not light up. By the way, another problem I had with NetBSD was the text console screen blanking after 30 seconds inactivity and not coming back until I could find my way in the dark to a root command prompt and type screenblank -u >>>> With serial ports becoming obsolete, what can one use for or in place of a serial console? >>> FireWire. I haven't tested myself, but have a look at >>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug-dcons.html >>> for instructions on how to use FireWire as a console. >> This still leaves the question of how to set it up in terms of hardware. I don't think there are any FireWire consoles. >> Would I plug anything into the motherboard's FireWire port? I just thought of FireWire-to-HDMI cable but haven't looked to see if these exist. > Check the guide. In general you plug the firewire cable from one > computer into another computer, and use the first one to debug the second. Does it have to be Firewire as opposed to something else like USB or Ethernet? I have to check Newegg, Tiger Direct, etc for what is available. No Firewire to HDMI. Regarding xorg.conf, I could run, as root (already did), "Xorg -configure" from present installation, and make one version with driver vesa. I see I have a /root/xorg.conf.new with Driver "fbdev". Change that to "intel" for one version and "vesa" for the other? Any problem switching (between boots) keyboards? I have both PS/2 and USB. PS/2 combo mouse/keyboard port allows connecting a mouse or keyboard but not both at the same time. But the idea of having a fallback vesa driver was in case the intel driver fails, and when I have work to do where I need to switch back to a text console. Tom
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