From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 21 04:58:28 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1F45577C for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 04:58:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E97B0108A for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 04:58:27 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=hzE48jquyjE3fwDJWgCyW6br+knWW0LUIsvfVTwYAyk=; b=np0PIpnk2zpDPVxdZVWFMBRLI5Y7ALFNfRXY7Xw1lx9TD+U40GCZl6epe85tmpvQfMlf66W1+sD0F4o12Bb4jn2/v61AFnQYHiqI6N54g3esSm3DbbdxXr7JpA6vxPMWpr6GZX7rmdVH+uiBQo9HY6yBnuzKP1AFToBYsWfKhuM=; Received: from bb220-255-60-82.singnet.com.sg ([220.255.60.82]:11130 helo=X220.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1W5TPu-000HTl-7w; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 21:58:27 -0700 Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:58:19 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: kraxadmin Subject: Re: FreeBSD and i915KMS result in black screen Message-ID: <20140121125819.7bed273a@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 04:58:28 -0000 Hi, On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 08:18:47 +0330 kraxadmin wrote: > I only had 800*600 resolution when I installed xorg and openbox. I > did some digging and I found out for Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 > v2/3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller I have to active it. so I > added this to my /etc/make.conf > > WITH_NEW_XORG=true > WITH_KMS=true > > and update my base system and also portmaster -af to update all my > packages. That update worked; **but now every time I am trying to do > startxor X -configure , my monitor goes black and and its power light > start blinking like it is on standby. further investigation showed > this black screen happens whenever I do kldload i915kms. Now i am out > of idea and options. this is normal. You have to start X with startx and you will get a GUI. It is then not possible to go back to a console. If you need one, you have to use something like xterm under the GUI of your choice. This is being fixed in FreeBSD 11 but not yet in the older versions. Erich