Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:58:21 -0600 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Cc: Richard Kuhns <rjk@wintek.com> Subject: Re: Getting going with a new Dell 7810 Message-ID: <C6738D84-77B6-4C4E-85A8-2F9D1D88D286@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <op.x0b53ssskndu52@53555e88.cm-6-6b.dynamic.ziggo.nl> References: <558054EE.4070405@wintek.com> <op.x0b53ssskndu52@53555e88.cm-6-6b.dynamic.ziggo.nl>
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On Jun 16, 2015, at 12:39 PM, Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws> wrote: > What does 'sysctl kern.vty' say? If it is not 'vt', you need the = following stuff. >=20 > /boot/loader.conf should contain > kern.vty=3D"vt" >=20 > And /etc/rc.conf > kld_list=3D"radeonkms" >=20 > Or something similar. >=20 > FreeBSD is in the transition of old-style syscons- and vt-terminal. = The last one has support for modern KMS graphics, but is not the default = on 10 yet. With UEFI boot it will be using vt but with the efifb driver by default. = Hopefully loading the radeon KMS driver (as Ronald suggests above) will = let it take over. Try it with just a =E2=80=9Ckldload radeonkms=E2=80=9D = before adding it to rc.conf, just in case something gets wedged.. > On Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:55:10 +0200, Richard Kuhns <rjk@wintek.com> = wrote: >=20 >> Greetings all, >>=20 >> I've just received a new Dell Precision 7810. I've installed FreeBSD >> 10.1 (UEFI boot), checked out sources, built world & kernel and am = now >> running r284449. So far, so good. >>=20 >> The problem is Xorg. I'm running the latest Xorg in ports; I just did = a >> 'make install clean' in /usr/ports/x11/xorg with no errors. >>=20 >> The display card is a FirePro W4100. lspci shows: >>=20 >> 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. >> [AMD/ATI] Cape Verde GL [FirePro W4100] >>=20 >> It has 4 DisplayPorts, and I have 2 monitors plugged in. If I run = 'Xorg >> -configure' it says >>=20 >> Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. >> Configuration failed. >>=20 >> Looking through /var/log/Xorg.0.log it appears that the X server is >> trying to use the RADEON driver, but ends with: >>=20 >> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> [ 1292.463] (--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0) >> [ 1292.463] (--) using VT number 9 >>=20 >> [ 1292.485] (II) [KMS] Kernel modesetting enabled. >> [ 1292.485] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa >> [ 1292.485] (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no = multi-card >> support >> [ 1292.485] (=3D=3D) RADEON(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 >> [ 1292.485] (II) RADEON(0): Pixel depth =3D 24 bits stored in 4 = bytes (32 >> bpp pixmaps) >> [ 1292.485] (=3D=3D) RADEON(0): Default visual is TrueColor >> [ 1292.485] (=3D=3D) RADEON(0): RGB weight 888 >> [ 1292.485] (II) RADEON(0): Using 8 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC) >> [ 1292.485] (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "VERDE" (ChipID =3D 0x682c) >> [ 1292.579] (EE) RADEON(0): [drm] Failed to open DRM device for >> pci:0000:03:00.0: No such file or directory >> [ 1292.579] (EE) RADEON(0): Kernel modesetting setup failed >> [ 1292.579] (II) UnloadModule: "radeon" >> [ 1292.579] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable = configuration. >> [ 1292.579] (EE) >> Fatal server error: >> [ 1292.579] (EE) no screens found(EE) >> [ 1292.580] (EE) >> Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support >> at http://wiki.x.org >> for help. >> [ 1292.580] (EE) Please also check the log file at >> "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. >> [ 1292.580] (EE) >> [ 1292.580] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file. >> =3D=3D=3D=3D >>=20 >> Should I be able to use this video card? I've done some googling, and >> apparently at least some Linux people are using it. >>=20 >> It's not a huge deal if it doesn't work; I can install a Radeon HD = 4670 >> that I know works. If I've mis-configured something, though, I'd like = to >> fix it. >>=20 >> Thanks for any comments! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20
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