FreeBSD-12.1 on laptop

[Daniele Mazzotti]

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 at 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 at 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 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.
> > >>>
> > 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 at denninger.net <mailto:karl at denninger.net>
> > /The Market Ticker/
> > /[S/MIME encrypted email preferred]/
> >
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