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Date:      Sun, 4 Jan 2015 14:22:12 -0500
From:      Xavier Freebsd Questio <xavierfreebsdquestio@aim.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: emulate a Xorg configuration of GNU/Linux (Fedora 21) on FreeBSD
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On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 07:07:16PM +0100, Polytropon wrote:



Hi Polytropon ,



> On Sun, 4 Jan 2015 12:40:46 -0500, Xavier Freebsd Questio via 

freebsd-questions wrote:

> > Curiously, with many GNU/Linux flavours, for example, Fedora 21; it 

get

> > out the image of desktop by default settings to HDMI of TV.

>

> Interesting. What port on the laptop are you using?



HDMI port.



> Is there a "chain of adapters" involved?

>



Not.



> What GPU driver does X use on the Linux system?

>



See Xorg log of GNU/Linux: http://pastebin.com/85Xym8Vs



>

>

> > > > My actual /etc/X11/xorg.conf is:

> > > >

> > > > http://pastebin.com/ji5QgvE6

> > >

> > > The significant parts are:

> > >

> > > Section "Device"

> > >         Identifier  "Card1"

> > >         Driver      "vesa"

> > >         BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"

> > > EndSection

> > >

> > > Maybe you cannot use VESA together with the limited range

> > > of valid HDMI resolutions...

> > >

> >

> > It is default FreeBSD Xorg configuration generator.

>

> So your GPU wasn't properly detected. Are you sure it

> is supported?

>



In FreeBSD I don't know. I ask for it here.



>

>

> > The problem is: I have an Intel video card, not NVIDIA ...

>

> In that case, the correct driver has to be installed

> and loaded, but the sections could look almost the

> same, except that the Intel GPU driver (and maybe

> specific options) is set.

>

>

>

> > My question is, if with GNU/Linux it show by default configuration,

> > isn't possible in FreeBSD ?

>

> Maybe that Linux uses a different approach to detect

> the GPU and load the driver for X. You can always

> use "pciconf -lv | less" to check for the correct

> identification of the GPU, and then add the correct

> package (for example xf86-video-intel). Then restart

> X and it will probably load the correct driver.



http://pastebin.com/ZBqSx4Sn



http://pastebin.com/uC4ZqNyh



The load driver: http://pastebin.com/aKuxRbkg



>

> Probably you can go without xorg.conf at all when

> the driver is available.



I alredy try it and the same issue.



More ideas ? Thanks.



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