Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 17:56:28 -0300 From: ralph <ralph@riseup.net> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 11.2-RELEASE - drm-stable/next - radeonkms - VGA out not working properly Message-ID: <20180820175351.58a57104@demonbox> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1tXT2jhCjBck9_-DF6Qeje8p2%2BH4f=U3KRz0HXb3LWjJQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20180820162339.072a3926@demonbox> <CAN6yY1tXT2jhCjBck9_-DF6Qeje8p2%2BH4f=U3KRz0HXb3LWjJQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 12:56:18 -0700 Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a quick thought without studying anything... just reading the > text. > > First, you say that you are EFI booting. This is contraindicated for > amdgpu. (See below.) > > Then you say that you boot with drm-*-kmod loaded. How are you > loading it? It should not be loaded at boot, but from rc.conf. > > pkg-message file in the port: > The experimental drm-next-kmod port can be enabled for amdgpu (for AMD > GPUs starting with the HD7000 series / Tahiti) or i915kms (for Intel > APUs starting with HD3000 / Sandy Bridge) through kld_list in > /etc/rc.conf. radeonkms for older AMD GPUs can be loaded and there are > some positive reports if EFI boot is NOT enabled (similar to amdgpu). > > For amdgpu: kld_list="amdgpu" > For Intel: kld_list="/boot/modules/i915kms.ko" > For radeonkms: kld_list="/boot/modules/radeonkms.ko" > > Please ensure that all users requiring graphics are members of the > "video" group. > -- > Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer > E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com > PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 To clarify, I am loading it as the pkg-message suggests, from rc.conf, and I`m working around the EFI conflict by disabling efifb (i.e. hw.syscons.disable=1), as stated in my original message. -- ralph
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