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Date:      Fri, 2 Aug 2019 15:56:34 -0500
From:      "Clay Daniels Jr." <clay.daniels.jr@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org
Cc:        Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
Subject:   drm-kmod in 12.0-Stable using amdgpu.ko fails
Message-ID:  <CAGLDxTXxoj9OY1wk=DfQ3v2ug76Udnn9ZPrie95CwuzD4x6LXg@mail.gmail.com>

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I load FreeBSD 13.0-Current most weeks, but this week I tried out
12.0-Stable r350476 as I wanted to test my Wiki instructions for installing
LXDE. The install started well, I rebooted when asked, and the install of
Xorg went well too. The drm-kmod install seemed to go well, and I picked my
known and tested amdgpu.ko to list in /etc/rc.conf.  At this point I
rebooted to check if I got the skeleton X window. The reboot stalled in the
video section. Hung. Would not move. I manually turned off the machine and
tried two more times. No Go.

I went back to FreeBSD downloads, got a copy of FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT
r350491, burned it to a dvd, and installed without a hitch, using my known
amdgpu.ko kernel mod video driver. This installation is where I am writing
this email

This is unscientific, but when I boot every day, and get to the video
section and the system finds the driver, I see a few "fuzzy granular lines
of noise" that appear in the console right near where it lists my
radeon/kabini imbedded video. Actually I like to see this as it tells me my
video has been recognized. With my attempted install of 12.0-Stable this
DID NOT happen.

This bug does not bother me, as I am pretty much into 13.0, but it may be
of help to somebody else.

Clay Daniels
You can see my LXDE Wiki at:
https://wiki.freebsd.org/LXDE



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