FreeBSD-12.1 on laptop

[vm finance]

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 at 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.
> >
> > My wild guess is that the kernel module installed by that port isn't
> loaded
> > yet. Use 'pkg info drm-kmod' to see what files get installed by the port.
>
> That's "pkg info -l drm-kmod".
>
> Sorry!
>
> > I expect there's something added to /boot/modules that should be loaded.
> >
> > My hope is that someone who knows the finer points will speak up now.
> >
> > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 10:05 AM Theron <theron.tarigo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 2019-11-26 23:08, vm finance wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am trying to install FreeBSD 12.1 on my ThinkPad. I burned an
> image to
> > > > > USB from freebsd.org, install went through ok but ran into
> "startx"
> > > > issues
> > > > > (Cannot run in framebuffer mod...). Tried a few suggestions on
> google but
> > > > > nothing worked;(
> > > > Does your ThinkPad have Intel graphics?  If so, drm-kmod kernel
> module
> > > > is needed, however the one from pkg will cause kernel panic since
> 12.1
> > > > uses 12.x packages, which containing a build of the module that is
> only
> > > > for 12.0... A known issue:
> > > > https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/kms-drm/issues/183
> > > >
> > > > It must be built from its port instead:
> > > > $ make -C /usr/ports/graphics/drm-kmod install
> > > >
> > > > Binary packages may be used otherwise.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry if this wasn't the problem - there wasn't enough information
> to go
> > > > on in your message.
> > > >
> > > >
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