From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 10 16:25:37 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9AFBDB42 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:25:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-x233.google.com (mail-vc0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c03::233]) (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 4DBFAA41 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:25:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f179.google.com with SMTP id le20so1574376vcb.38 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:25:36 -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=Fp5fO1xYhlU92X1aSG/CbJP0aFJI7rgLBVUuJLrqyTs=; b=nkq5ZKURl5dsr+sc89ykYdFcl7kcemShVI97QdMlbgkuUsFfElrhy+zjOawn9Z3UTf Kuhati6NKM2ts9ytYp8sH7EP1u1NPOuXAVe6yZamb4XjV9zX08X0wE0DvzbDQxvdVF8g p6tuHpb7V2ZIfpi0Dt6e1GNDNuzhMzP+ZTzAfux+YrFLgylYlSfOfUCVa11NxlsFXG1T rWkQfkxzAA1TfHi2Yv5KmN0zlt7Tm9iUITsfUH5vMrtYGXQcztVmly5Iu7sxCBC2PDZ3 x3EBuhyj0WB3u1wo/ug03+lrJ2OO0P/fS+A1JRHsOIfHWd9sqUMN3VFnzCCD8U2L+1Kc k/Fg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.163.44 with SMTP id yf12mr2704069vdb.85.1418228736397; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:25:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.52.178.73 with HTTP; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:25:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:25:36 -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 16:25:37 -0000 On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Henry Hu wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Shawn Webb wrote: > >> 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. >> > > I'm afrad that the nvidia card would not work either, at least for the > internal LCD. > Some optimus cards only provide 3d acceleration, and some are only > connected to HDMI/DisplayPort outputs. Have you tried other outputs on the > laptop? > I haven't tried the other outputs. My primary output will be the internal LCD. What would it take to get it to work?