Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 08:07:21 -0700 From: Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org> To: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> Cc: Nicolas Kovacs <info@microlinux.fr>, x11-list freebsd <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can't configure Intel video card: hard freeze or fallback to VESA Message-ID: <CAG6CVpUjHuC9wBxWOV_2=YwPXwchs0K91yzJgdcgoYCWBmbL4Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20170323144435.GB87700@rancor.immure.com> References: <ad4fca92-59d7-2d25-0afb-06c929434d2c@microlinux.fr> <20170323144435.GB87700@rancor.immure.com>
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On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 7:44 AM, Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 02:50:23PM +0100, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: >> I'm reading the fine FreeBSD handbook, but right now it looks like I >> have a showstopper. In my office I have a "sandbox" network consisting >> of three Dell Optiplex 330 PCs. This kind of hardware is extremely >> common in schools or administrations in France. >> >> All three PCs have the following video card. >> >> vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x02201028 chip=0x29c28086 >> rev=0x0a hdr=0x00 >> vendor = 'Intel Corporation' >> device = '82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller' >> class = display >> subclass = VGA >> >> My first attempt was based on FreeBSD 10.3 amd64. After a number of >> failed attempts, I gave 11.0 and even 12.0 CURRENT a spin, with the same >> results. >> >> I tried to install a TrueOS system, and this worked correctly. I can't >> say what's the magical combination the TrueOS developers applied here, >> and before I launch into some more trial and error and more guesswork, I >> thought I'd rather ask here. Ideally, I would like to run FreeBSD 10.3 >> as a desktop on these machines. I would be thankful for any pointers on >> how to configure this kind of hardware. I'm not a lamer for RTFM, by the >> way. Hi Nicolas, Do you have the i915kms kernel module loaded before starting X? If not, try loading that first. Second, can you try the "modesetting" Xorg video driver in place of "intel"? > I'm no expert on this, but have been struggling with Intel GPU support in > FreeBSD for some time now. If your Dell Optiplex 330 has one of the newer > Intel CPUs (e.g., Broadwell, Skylake) then the current official versions of > FreeBSD don't support the internal GPUs in them. I am running an Intel NUC > with a i7-5557U CPU (Broadwell) and it isn't supported. Currently I'm running > the 'work in progress' freebsd-base-graphics version of FreeBSD (a spin-off > from 12-current) that seems to be doing ok (just been running it now for two > days). Here's some info regarding this version and how to fetch/install/build > it: > > https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics > > Good luck, hope you get FreeBSD working for you. Hi Bob, >From what I can tell, the Optiplex and graphics hardware are actually fairly old (<2010) and should be supported by mainline FreeBSD. Best, Conrad
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