From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 10 16:17:55 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 02BEB6EE for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:17:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-x22b.google.com (mail-vc0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c03::22b]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AB9E492C for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:17:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f171.google.com with SMTP id hy4so1543601vcb.16 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:17:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=883c1NNWdJGTSO+m/ujLb5yIgIT0A5JxBj6+gywAmHU=; b=Z0PBNube6Yxdem0KourBku5uGmfhmEg8hRa5SRZBgnhzOpv3l+qHBynvJ7w7eQ/I6e fWXPupUU02Ak9aRJMEhWOghTfJQAYSgB6Uhaon9d1uC0Uz7U5Hum7Xx0wDPrX7MQEnKs pyXrMeJiXtHCCDPWJ+UvBJS588mBRN8cgzyYK//aqXH5Ip+i0P6pojYZobYpbAmX/9Z0 cOmKsRUMigmUl4G1ioTMLneHijKze42zrQw7MG0EPFjjdpsMzEGeYlQCZFq/HwYDExr7 sJkxLbUG6U/GRbpBdXY3pLe3XHjTRoJeF1BjXVwREl2qX1uhi7RK4wP+b/JMXpPnRNia H7qA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.247.162 with SMTP id yf2mr2724919vdc.43.1418228273810; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:17:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.52.178.73 with HTTP; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:17:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:17:53 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: nvidia-driver fails to load gui From: Shawn Webb To: Henry Hu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: FreeBSD-current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:17:55 -0000 On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Henry Hu wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Shawn Webb wrote: > >> Hey All, >> >> More new laptop woes. The good-ish news is that the VESA driver works, but >> x11/nvidia-driver doesn't. I'm on a Lenovo Y50-70. When I run `startx`, it >> appears that xorg switches to a new vty, but doesn't actually bring up the >> UI. I see a new console (as in vty) with a cursor at the top left corner. >> >> xorg.conf is pasted here: http://ix.io/1Dr >> Xorg.0.log is pasted here: http://ix.io/1Dq >> >> I'll just use the VESA driver for now, but it'd be nice to be able to hook >> the laptop up to a second monitor or a projector, which I can't do with >> the >> VESA driver. >> > > Is it an optimus laptop? Have you tried uninstalling nvidia driver and try > the intel driver? > It's a Lenovo Y50-70, which is running Intel Haswell, so the intel driver won't work. Thanks, Shawn