Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 13:46:24 +0100 From: Daniele Mazzotti <kappei84@gmail.com> To: vm finance <vm.finance2@gmail.com> Cc: Per Hedeland <per@hedeland.org>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD-12.1 on laptop Message-ID: <CAC=ypSUSmDyfECh4nD9gZ5=bWUCrPGvLs62EsRw0gfckrhJ5Gw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKy-8=gccmRfqtg07JYmo15P0VV5bJo=tipOLURwEH0iA401tw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKy-8=hUCNiAufHHgpLJTnbS_==aHT7UyspgjLyro-yEcxJ2_w@mail.gmail.com> <30022fe5-800e-0a9a-fff6-8edb0171e153@denninger.net> <CAKy-8=h9jacsx0ZUSucF9qN7AZ6xdtzGoacwxccoWHm9OF-Baw@mail.gmail.com> <CAC=ypSUq8gc8LsWB=Lyz01ktfcBnBaYSuyP3KBo%2BSL9StAv7rw@mail.gmail.com> <CAKy-8=iVsLqNkwdxn_E-1R5t8mmp14JULN%2BKHRf-asWTzWcWfA@mail.gmail.com> <5c2c0fe0-93fa-246e-a3ae-05e813e246df@panix.com> <CAKy-8=i07xSnz3yW3H1XCOJ8_7x_m1__e0r68HxUx-R7-A0x8w@mail.gmail.com> <CAKy-8=gte8_xZGTt17kRgPtyj9mi6wx-ahehNSGrbcedVn4ZNQ@mail.gmail.com> <CACNAnaECR4bQ=FAM%2BwTfU0HaR63uAUQkp41mS9pPSM=4K_EGqQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAKy-8=gh7nGqzf9G5A7zJDoa2EQgA432k49djHi3%2Bzhg36Tv_A@mail.gmail.com> <CAKy-8=ivtDo0it9fzyUp8mUDAQuGWVfdQqfz2hmhXcA6CXJn%2Bg@mail.gmail.com> <CAKy-8=gHp67aqpXXNM=rfsWwNc4Ay__bsC-09NZ03Afm9W4ekg@mail.gmail.com> <CAKy-8=ho=mD5WLJA5iHbDt9prnrMDhjrwmWOO5NXumQDB9hXhw@mail.gmail.com> <20191128103810.9599da0b.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAKy-8=h05oQfa6rBhOH74vPt3e6m6u3-UXx6v3DWLgXp8No6Hw@mail.gmail.com> <770ebb05-9d76-1b54-5bf5-af548368e19e@hedeland.org> <CAKy-8=gccmRfqtg07JYmo15P0VV5bJo=tipOLURwEH0iA401tw@mail.gmail.com>
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Can you grep for Kms in the boot modules? Also as suggested in the link sent by Per is your user part of the video group? If not please just add it. When you compiled the drm-kms port have you noticed any error? Il gio 28 nov 2019, 13:08 vm finance <vm.finance2@gmail.com> ha scritto: > I don't see /boot/modules/i915kms.ko under /boot/modules > However there are several other present: > i915_bxt_* > i915_cnl* > i915_kbl*... > > How do I get i915kms.ko? > > Thanks! > > On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 5:01 PM Per Hedeland <per@hedeland.org> wrote: > > > On 2019-11-28 11:03, vm finance wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Its Intel's "UHD Graphics 620". I don't see it installed/loaded under > > > "kldstat". > > > > > > Do you think steps mentioned in > > > http://www.srobb.net/freebsdintel.html > > > > > > would suffice to get around the issue I have? > > > If not, could u please suggest next steps. > > > > > > Pls let me know. Thanks so much! > > > > Sigh, after all the discussion and problem / fix reports (mostly on > > the freebsd-x11@ list, which I'm adding to Cc) about the "new DRM" > > stuff, one would think that there should be some simple-to-follow > > *FreeBSD* web page that explained it all and could be pointed to if > > not immediately found. > > > > There is https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics, which IMHO is neither > > simple to find nor to follow, and which still has the broken-with-12.1 > > "pkg install drm-kmod" advice. I think it is sad, since there's a lot > > of great work that has gone into this - personally I have a laptop > > that wouldn't have had *any* graphics (on FreeBSD) without it, and I > > know I'm not alone in that. > > > > Anyway, enough ranting - if you look at the "Intel Integrated Graphics > > (aka HD Graphics)" section on the above page, and specifically the > > "Example Configuration For Post Broadwell System", and *skip* the bad > > pkg advice, you'll find that the next step is to add > > > > kld_list="/boot/modules/i915kms.ko" > > > > to rc.conf - and actually the "post-install package message" will have > > told you so, but yeah, who reads those things... > > > > The problem (not explained anywhere that I can find right now) is that > > after building and installing the drm-kmod port (or package), you have > > *two* drivers called i915kms installed. One is part of the base > > system, /boot/kernel/i915kms.ko - this is the one that doesn't work > > for you (or me), and gets loaded if you do "kldload i915kms". The > > other is from the port that you installed, and it's the above > > /boot/modules/i915kms.ko - you must ensure that this is the one that > > is loaded. > > > > The above line makes sure that this happens at reboot (loading via > > boot/loader.conf has been reported to *not* work in at least *some* > > cases, and there's no advantage over loading via /etc/rc.conf), but > > you can also do it manually for testing, by using the full path with > > "kldload": > > > > kldload /boot/modules/i915kms.ko > > > > Read and follow also the subsequent steps in the example, as well as > > the "Note:" at the end of the section. If your card is actually > > supported (and frankly I'm not sure how to figure that out in any > > other way than trying it), you should be fine at that point. > > > > --Per Hedeland > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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