GPU_KMS still not working CURRENT X220
Erich Dollansky
erich at alogreentechnologies.com
Sat Jun 30 02:34:56 UTC 2012
Hi,
On Thursday, June 28, 2012 11:15:54 PM Kevin Oberman wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Andrey Fesenko <f0andrey at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have lenovo thinkpad x220
> >
> > # uname -a
> > FreeBSD bsdx220 10.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #0 r237683: Thu Jun
> > 28 08:41:40 MSK 2012 root at bsdx220:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MY_INTEL
> > amd64
it works for me with this:
FreeBSD X220.ovitrap.com 10.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #7: Thu Jun 28 09:09:16 WIT 2012
> >
> > # pciconf -lvb
> > vgapci0 at pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x21da17aa chip=0x01268086
> > rev=0x09 hdr=0x00
> > vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> > device = '2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated
> > Graphics Controller'
> > class = display
> > subclass = VGA
> > bar [10] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xf0000000, size 4194304, enabled
> > bar [18] = type Prefetchable Memory, range 64, base 0xe0000000,
> > size 268435456, enabled
> > bar [20] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0x6000, size 64, enabled
> >
> > After # kldload i915kms screen is black, if # kldunload i915kms panic
>
> Don't do this. It has been clearly stated that i915kms my not be
> unloaded and that attempting to unload it WILL panic the system.
>
> Also, don't load i945kms. This WILL lock up the system with a blank screen.
>
it works for me. I use this kind of script to start X:
sudo kldload i915kms
sudo kldload acpi_call
sudo chmod 666 /dev/acpi
startx
> The modules required are autoloaded during Xorg initialization. Just
> make absolutely sure that you have the latest version of
> xf-video-intel. (If you installed a rather early version of the KMS
> code, it is possible that you have two xf-video.intel* ports in your
> tree, thought I don't expect this is the case.
This could be the real reason why it fails
But I must say that it hangs on rare occasions. It might has to do with playing with the mouse or the keyboard during the start-up phase of X. At least, I did not notice a freeze when I did not play around with them during the start of X.
Erich
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