Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 21:41:11 +0300 From: abi <abi@abinet.ru> To: Theron <theron.tarigo@gmail.com>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT upgrade to xorg 1.18.4 and newer intel/ati DDX Message-ID: <589CB7C7.3040302@abinet.ru> In-Reply-To: <070ea259-45d6-0e13-bffa-e014129f5a81@gmail.com> References: <20170123235516.o5lvu3sfwq5r5tsq@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <2B5DEE7F-6775-4966-94BC-9B56D3C8CDF9@FreeBSD.org> <070ea259-45d6-0e13-bffa-e014129f5a81@gmail.com>
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On 09.02.2017 21:29, Theron wrote: > On 02/08/17 20:25, Jonathan Anderson wrote: >> On 23 Jan 2017, at 20:25, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: >> >>> Do not expect newer gpu supported as this is not the kernel part. >>> >>> If you experience any issue with intel or radeon driver please try to >>> use the >>> new modesetting driver provided by xorg directly (note that fedora >>> and debian >>> recommands to use that new driver instead of the ati/intel one) >> This is working well for me together with the drm-next changes from >> https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics. In fact, with >> recent drm-next bits, I can even suspend and resume with my Skylake >> notebook, something that has rarely worked before, and applications >> that used to crash deterministically (e.g., Thunderbird when opening >> an OAuth window) are now working fine. Overall, this is a very nice >> experience! >> >> Thank you! >> >> >> Jon >> -- >> Jonathan Anderson >> jonathan@FreeBSD.org > I am using this same configuration on a notebook with Intel Skylake and > it is working similarly well. With the -video-intel, my system would > reliably freeze up upon any operation seeming to involve lots of screen > updates, such as window resizing and video. With modesetting these > issues are gone. My system now runs reliably without image corruption, > freezes, or panics. Suspend and resume are also working. The only two > things that are missing are backlight control and GLX. The error is > (II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable > (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering > So I suspect I made a mistake somewhere in building the ports and need > to redo this. > > I am very happy with the progress that has been made; this now allows me > to run FreeBSD as my primary OS as I no longer have to work in a VM > within Linux. Backlight works https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics/issues/84
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