Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:53:58 +0100 From: Daniele Mazzotti <kappei84@gmail.com> To: vm finance <vm.finance2@gmail.com> Cc: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-12.1 on laptop Message-ID: <CAC=ypSUq8gc8LsWB=Lyz01ktfcBnBaYSuyP3KBo%2BSL9StAv7rw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKy-8=h9jacsx0ZUSucF9qN7AZ6xdtzGoacwxccoWHm9OF-Baw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKy-8=hUCNiAufHHgpLJTnbS_==aHT7UyspgjLyro-yEcxJ2_w@mail.gmail.com> <18414268-96b1-6112-2c91-345aea9e7f24@gmail.com> <CAKy-8=hb0rTOSRJ5bbT=GeQoKaZDoVNVUm%2B1o_pUYR6QGSg20A@mail.gmail.com> <20191127160215.GA69810@neutralgood.org> <20191127160441.GB69810@neutralgood.org> <CAKy-8=j8z9nAnko1Dcg7m-g3NC1e2raja2mupYedhk-LdxRNdA@mail.gmail.com> <30022fe5-800e-0a9a-fff6-8edb0171e153@denninger.net> <CAKy-8=h9jacsx0ZUSucF9qN7AZ6xdtzGoacwxccoWHm9OF-Baw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, I don't know if that is relevant, but in my rc.conf I have kld_list="/boot/modules/i915kms.ko" This was added specifically for my Intel graphic card. What is yours? If you decide to go for pkg add drm-kmod do not forget to lock the port and prevent it from upgrading. Il mer 27 nov 2019, 18:13 vm finance <vm.finance2@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Ok - I deleted that faulty line from /etc/rc.conf and now system boots up. > and tried: > #kldload drm-kmod > and fails saying "can't load drm-kmod: no such file/directory". > > Per another google post, it tried: > #kldload drm2, and that worked (i.e. loaded) > However startx is still failing - same framebuffer error. > > Could someone suggest how to fix this? > > Thanks so much for your help! > > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 9:48 PM Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> wrote: > > > On 11/27/2019 10:14, vm finance wrote: > > > Well, now after installing drm-kmod, system is in continuous reboot > > mode..;( > > > Anything possible now? > > > > > > Many thanks! > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 9:34 PM Kevin P. Neal <kpn@neutralgood.org> > > wrote: > > > > > >> On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 11:02:15AM -0500, Kevin P. Neal wrote: > > >>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 07:50:59PM +0530, vm finance wrote: > > >>>> Hi Theron, > > >>>> > > >>>> I tried to do: > > >>>> pkg install drm-kmod > > >>>> > > >>>> It installed ok but still startx fails "Cannot run in framebuffer > > mode. > > >>>> Please specify busIDs for all framebuffer devices" > > >>>> please let me know how to workaround this. > > >>> > > Known issue. > > > > Reboot single-user as root, get the X startup out of there. > > > > You need to load the drm-kmod PORT (**NOT** package) and compile it. > > What's happening is that pkg is picking up 12.0's package for drm-kmod > > and the ABI changed with 12.1, so if you load it you get an instant > crash. > > > > The other thing, however, is that if you use pkg you need to be VERY > > CAREFUL when updating packages because it will "see" that the drm-kmod > > is not the same version and try to pull the other one back in, and if > > you let that happen it'll blow up again. > > > > Yeah, it's a screw-up but that's how you get around it. > > > > -- > > Karl Denninger > > karl@denninger.net <mailto:karl@denninger.net> > > /The Market Ticker/ > > /[S/MIME encrypted email preferred]/ > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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