Improve resolution from 640x480 on 32 bit laptop with FreeBSD 13-RELEASE

[Rocky Hotas]

> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 8:27 PM
> From: "Graham Perrin" <grahamperrin at gmail.com>
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Improve resolution from 640x480 on 32 bit laptop with FreeBSD 13-RELEASE
>
> drm-kmod is a meta port.
[...]
> pkg which /boot/modules/i915kms.ko

Ok, thanks for the clarification. I ran `pkg which
/boot/modules/i915kms.ko' and the result is:

/boot/modules/i915kms.ko was not found in the database

This confirms that for some reason drm-kmod does not install
i915kms.ko. As written in the description of the package, ``the most
recent supported stable DRM for a give[n] FreeBSD version will be
installed''. So, maybe there is no DRM available for this laptop?

For older systems, there was a package `drm-legacy-kmod', but it
has been moved to `drm-kmod' itself on 2020-12-31, as stated in
https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-kmod (`Port Moves').

> Also please note:
>
> <https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-fbsd13-kmod/#message>

If i915kms.ko is not present in my system, I think `kld_list="i915kms"'
in /etc/rc.conf has no effect.

Rocky