From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 10 16:28:32 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 79642DF4 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:28:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-x22f.google.com (mail-wg0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::22f]) (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 F3DA1A86 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:28:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f47.google.com with SMTP id n12so4112534wgh.34 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:28:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=QaB9my00e6F/xa/XPYUoKF2PHO4LzWV12ZAC5dnvz2I=; b=yAAT0OIQNC0DSZI7+99mLo1rvHuM0NEtwCbX1A7YbaXN3YluwfhI008pYdHcp6L3MG z2K3fiREgdKoxiTrzG+BhaSNY+7SBbuZWhGoMfugiMcmKjoATrb2rbIMvFGLH8uODEBm ztfgSv1qqGdhvqtr+qUHJNskeMee/7fZggvHVzhpXPjjKGL80jgVEdAGIOprm4PP4gSQ jC+18XWtn33yr1GPdQWwfuz3uu8pESNbroKvcfPpIheTN3c0UohTFClPrge0XzywaX9K GAfZ9xhrf157ZFew+GMrzbnGF3ChtXLSsait/GtAukE2kXmaL34Mcsw5mq8KNG9KLdko rXvw== X-Received: by 10.194.59.17 with SMTP id v17mr8305222wjq.130.1418228910301; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:28:30 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.194.118.234 with HTTP; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:27:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Henry Hu Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:27:50 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: nvidia-driver fails to load gui To: Shawn Webb 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 16:28:32 -0000 On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Shawn Webb wrote: > 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? > Wait for the kernel driver update which would support Haswell graphics? -- Cheers, Henry