Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:26:25 +0000 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: Ruben Schade <newsgroups@rubenschade.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: drm-kmod on a ThinkPad T550 Message-ID: <c8a696f4-eb9d-c49d-49e8-96efd304e95f@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <85325692-f237-ee8e-168c-e3dea3a52dd0@rubenschade.com> References: <85325692-f237-ee8e-168c-e3dea3a52dd0@rubenschade.com>
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On 25/03/2020 07:50, Ruben Schade wrote: > Hi all, > > I bought myself a second-hand Broadwell ThinkPad T550 for my birthday! > Everything else works well out of the box with amd64 12.1-RELEASE, but I > can't get drm-kmod working. > > Reported graphics: > >> # pciconf -lv | grep -A2 -B2 Graphics >> >> ==> vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x222317aa \ >> ==> chip=0x161680086 rev=0x09 hdr=0x00 >> ==> vendor = 'Intel Corporation' >> ==> device = 'HD Graphics 5500' >> ==> class = display >> ==> subclass = VGA > > Did a clean install (adding my user to the video group), then updated > the system: > >> # freebsd-update fetch install >> # shutdown -r now >> # uname -r >> >> ==> 12.1-RELEASE-p3 > > Then set pkg to use latest not quarterly, and install the driver: > >> # pkg bootstrap >> # pkg update >> # pkg install drm-kmod >> # sysrc kld_load="/boot/modules/i915kms.ko" sysrc sets variables in /etc/rc.conf. IIRC the module needs to be loaded at boot time so you need to edit /boot/loader.conf. >> # pkg info | grep drm >> >> ==> drm-fbsd12.0-kmod-4.16-g20200221 >> ==> drm-kmod-g20190710 >> ==> gpu-firmware-kmod-g20200130 > > After rebooting, vt still loads as 640x480, and dmesg shows nothing: > >> # dmesg | grep drm >> >> ==> *crickets!* > > I saw there was an issue in 12.1-RELEASE's errata about drm-kmod, but > the bugzilla threads say the package is now being built with 12.1-R so > it should work. > > Anyone see what I could be doing wrong? > > Cheers, > -- Violets are red And roses are blue When metamaterials Alter their hue.
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