Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:02:09 +0300 From: Nikolay Tychina <niktychina@gmail.com> To: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDE 4 hangs at splash screen when using KMS enabled 10-CURRENT Message-ID: <CAEXpyJsE93k_=ChurJquSTBiayUhBP9KktZMb1diU9UqZsKz5w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1uzrge3OtJMj6rq8O3X%2BgfVG4zCvpJ1h9puuWfWCSTE=g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEXpyJvUeRH1oyg2Qd%2BN8vKD%2BnBLdHQN44J2tZHyMnkxireV9g@mail.gmail.com> <CAN6yY1uzrge3OtJMj6rq8O3X%2BgfVG4zCvpJ1h9puuWfWCSTE=g@mail.gmail.com>
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Interesting, last time I checked FreeBSD Wiki on Intel_GPU, it was saying 'kldload i915kms && startx'. Anyway, the system never hung up after I many times followed the instruction, it's just KDE isn't able to finish its startup. 2012/6/29 Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com>: > On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 6:15 AM, Nikolay Tychina <niktychina@gmail.com> wrote: >>>I freshly built x11/xorg and x11/kde4 on FreeBSD 10-CURRENT and was >>>ready to use it with new Intel driver, but >>>after I kldloaded i915kms.ko and started X, KDE just hung up at its >>>splash screen after displaying its logo (last icon). Then screen got >>>blank with only a movable mouse cursor on it. >> >> I disabled "Composite" extension in xorg.conf and KDE started fine. No >> effects though. >> Is there an issue with Intel driver or X or anything else? >> Everything seems to work quite well, but I'm just curious. > > While this may or may not be the issue, you should not EVER kldload > i915kms.ko! This WILL result in a hung system. You should start X > normally (startx or via ?dm) and Xorg will load all of the required > modules. I believe that this is in the wiki. > > Oh, and on't EVER kldunload it, either.It is definitely documented > that this will panic the system. > > Several people have posted this problem on two or three different > lists.(I am was almost one of them.) > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com
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