From nobody Mon Jan 27 01:37:54 2025 X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Yh9zY4MWMz5ly6d for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2025 01:38:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from me@runxiyu.org) Received: from mail.runxiyu.org (runxiyu.org [IPv6:2001:19f0:b002:f4c:5400:4ff:fee1:b896]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Yh9zX3pn6z46Hm for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2025 01:38:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from me@runxiyu.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=runxiyu.org header.s=mail header.b=fVHENnmJ; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of me@runxiyu.org designates 2001:19f0:b002:f4c:5400:4ff:fee1:b896 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=me@runxiyu.org; dmarc=pass (policy=reject) header.from=runxiyu.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=runxiyu.org; s=mail; t=1737941895; bh=tQu1p79jgpYu8iFMUTBiddpX+tWoWUcsOfMWUJzZeqg=; h=Date:Subject:From:To:From; b=fVHENnmJgztyQUrB3nCO7FWTb1drjiXKDBKuKymspuElU0LIonywqb4Ax0Q3Oilrr 7gOWjIq2y8y+c6kB8Mfb2ACNR3+dnxkFe0doUOS+GqmkXfioKJ+ifwRvpykQP/9S1/ tYmYYTbMXvdQOz3B4CZZoQPbp5IDbGGKX5VzK2507MLmfE5QU8kqUOwbRwiREAgiUr JUR+k9i8EMhSa34QfujEJfxFVP1Nvlhg1uYeTLH2obMMph8Tr/NWdqqBQ97U/Zf2ID V2JSOMFdKdKRaX1MZZMVmg0v5ueAdpO+yMU/xHtVe7Yp7PYMmrOJRtPnslC+IR2+ZG sdCoSyVO7eIJA== List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 09:37:54 +0800 Message-Id: Subject: Loading i915kms on SeaBIOS txtmode causes screen to be unusable From: "Runxi Yu" To: X-Mailer: aerc 0.18.2 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.39 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.990]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[runxiyu.org,reject]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[runxiyu.org:s=mail]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; ONCE_RECEIVED(0.10)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[me]; ASN(0.00)[asn:20473, ipnet:2001:19f0:b000::/38, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[runxiyu.org:+] X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Yh9zX3pn6z46Hm Hi, Note: I do not receive mail from the list, please send replies to me directly too. Thanks! I'm trying to set up Wayland on a Libreboot system (libreboot-20241206rev8_x220_8mb_seabios_txtmode). I'm using SeaBIOS in text mode, and the first thing I realize is that on my 16:10 display, FreeBSD only takes about the space for 4:3. I attempted to install Sway and related Wayland software according to the handbook, in addition to mesa-dri, mesa-libs, and drm-kmod. I added kern.vty=3D"vt" in /boot/loader.conf with no effect. Then I tried kldload i915kms, which caused my screen to flicker for two seconds, then all text disappears and I am left with a black screen with a few rows of semi-random white pixels that respond to my input. Does anyone know how I could begin to debug this? Thanks! I'm on 14.2-RELEASE. Thanks! Additional references: https://libreboot.org/docs/bsd/ -- Best regards, Runxi Yu Year 11 YK Pao School