drm-kmod on a ThinkPad T550

[matti k]

On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:26:25 +0000
Arthur Chance <freebsd at qeng-ho.org> wrote:

> 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 at 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"
> 
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cheers,
matti