From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 10 16:31:43 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 EC2DDF5B for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:31:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-x22d.google.com (mail-vc0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c03::22d]) (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 9D0DFB51 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:31:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f173.google.com with SMTP id im17so1561899vcb.18 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:31:42 -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=ST6UDOAw5mxrVydGF5lqiyXTsEBhFrcbgjGgj0KoHDA=; b=tk1W6NVks/0+nGVExtW6ROW5eSUed6e6C6ZX4/tjztPMe0lJ3fFsN4fV3hvTEqKbmK J2/eXoqI6P+Qp99HJzJwkCUNl/HtOIZiDVnfCk72/7EeJGtF9O890yol8vHvUWOVcRut TZbmNausrqqHtBnMoLeMxwXqD97hLVTBxBPvvTABirSxtQokI89OK9clw4fPIQr/OOcM La3jV7koYdlRAEfE1W/ckEruyUcWWlkmpaQwskiyOAPf5nqNM7qdA0v+QycLX8iwVlTW AxLjSkA2dxR0kM1F53mC4GyvdrGFyW/jNJwZwAAcWt+OETMaNwSOn/hO/EUwEVIst747 uVTg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.136.80 with SMTP id py16mr2878275vdb.54.1418229102703; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:31:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.52.178.73 with HTTP; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:31:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:31:42 -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 16:31:44 -0000 On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Henry Hu wrote: > > > 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? > Who's in charge of that? I've pinged kib@ privately with no reply. Is there a patchset that I can help test out on 11-current? What's the status? I'd love to help get the Haswell update out the door, especially now that I have multiple systems running Haswell.