Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 23:20:25 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: Eric McCorkle <eric@metricspace.net> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VESA X11 drivers non-functional after recent update Message-ID: <20141224222025.GA7968@unixarea.DDR.dd> In-Reply-To: <F4B237B5-0400-4BD4-ADBB-1DC7F4E51E80@metricspace.net> References: <F4B237B5-0400-4BD4-ADBB-1DC7F4E51E80@metricspace.net>
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El día Wednesday, December 24, 2014 a las 11:13:55AM -0500, Eric McCorkle escribió: > Hello, > > I have a laptop with an Optimus setup with haswell graphics and an nvidia card. As none of this is currently supported, I had been using the VESA drivers. However, the VESA driver no longer functions after I updated ports yesterday (most likely connected to the removal of old x11). > > I don't have the specific error message as I'm typing this on another device, but it seems that the driver can't access the bios (messages include "cannot read V_BIOS", neither device reports a bios segment, etc). > > Is there something I can do to restore the VESA drivers to a functioning state (or alternatively, any sort of development haswell driver I can use), or is the only option to revert the ports directory and rebuild everything? (Note: I do not have this problem and I can not help to solve it. I'm only interested in your problem and its solution because I'm thinking to acquire a netbook with haswell and do need the VESA driver too in this case). I've checked the SVN http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/UPDATING?view=log and the blog pointed to by the information in UPDATING http://blogs.freebsdish.org/graphics/2014/11/19/xserver-1-14-update-ready/ I do not see any information about droping VESA support. Do you run Xorg with or without any /etc/X11/xorg.conf file? What are the messages in /var/log/Xorg.0.log? matthias -- Matthias Apitz, guru@unixarea.de, http://www.unixarea.de/ +49-170-4527211 1989-2014: The Wall was torn down so that we go to war together again. El Muro ha sido derribado para que nos unimos en ir a la guerra otra vez. Diese Grenze wurde aufgehoben damit wir gemeinsam wieder in den Krieg ziehen.
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