From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Thu Mar 23 18:17:46 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75D7AD1A91A for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:17:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cse.cem@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wr0-f175.google.com (mail-wr0-f175.google.com [209.85.128.175]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1551A1F02 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:17:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cse.cem@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wr0-f175.google.com with SMTP id u108so153093445wrb.3 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2017 11:17:45 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=IeJ+YWwiVmK2ijKtl36oedBdSMz6th9HxtWE86Dgv3U=; b=b+bex07Z+tNCmgBE0GQoF6rO58MFy4iQp9llbN2U9EHQT9pM+dz5FdQegALThDdYig 7SWLe5Ry3x24/cf19brVL1UVl/0sOToYpezgzqU1+IYytFD5yP22m1yicZp82Yj0vUr3 1grPd6UxM+bJfYCrVYecSUtMt0xZKZL2qcqCRWsPirAWDBBA3mz8TiIqFDGsnRtKloVG bvriiKp+Vykeek9qrBZeGYChzPyWXaXBPFb5sQ5VCVPx7I2/cz9Ae6t+qD2XfVckRB3j K11zBPIWmOWAotIu3GwlxU5oIDWJtTh3lXSsk7tu6DgjGbNlbgp0jqUpO4CcihKuq4Yh nohw== X-Gm-Message-State: AFeK/H2vjNMJ/Y/vMOqK2k9L6kmFADpKvtBS7sbw0M1YVjL8vQEnyEX6SMTajlsUjwZ4/Q== X-Received: by 10.223.173.138 with SMTP id w10mr397618wrc.38.1490281642592; Thu, 23 Mar 2017 08:07:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-wm0-f48.google.com (mail-wm0-f48.google.com. [74.125.82.48]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id u184sm4647536wmb.29.2017.03.23.08.07.22 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 23 Mar 2017 08:07:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wm0-f48.google.com with SMTP id u132so63971398wmg.0 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2017 08:07:22 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.28.113.24 with SMTP id m24mr13390834wmc.0.1490281642286; Thu, 23 Mar 2017 08:07:22 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: cem@freebsd.org Received: by 10.80.169.4 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Mar 2017 08:07:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20170323144435.GB87700@rancor.immure.com> References: <20170323144435.GB87700@rancor.immure.com> From: Conrad Meyer Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 08:07:21 -0700 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: Can't configure Intel video card: hard freeze or fallback to VESA To: Bob Willcox Cc: Nicolas Kovacs , x11-list freebsd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:17:46 -0000 On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 7:44 AM, Bob Willcox 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