Testing the new i915 driver (rev. 3820047)

[Mehmet Erol Sanliturk]

On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 2:31 AM, Ruediger Gad <r.c.g at gmx.de> wrote:

> PPS:
> Sorry, the second attachment got removed again.
> Trying once more to send the Xorg.log.
> Does the list only allow one attachment per e-mail?
>
>
>
>
> On 18.10.2015 11:18, Ruediger Gad wrote:
> > PS:
> > Please excuse the noise.
> > Just another update:
> > Thanks to the hint of Arto, I tried once more with external screens
> > attached to all outputs (VGA & HDMI).
> >
> > After kldload i915kms, the internal display turns off and the external
> > screens turn on.
>



In some mother boards , it is explicitly written that "when a graphic card
is attached , main board video ports are disabled" .

If you check manual of your computer , it is likely that there will be an
explanation about effect of additional monitors .


Mehmet Erol Sanliturk




> > In the console, I can see some red stripes at the top similar to what
> > Rob mentioned.
> > Starting X works and I can see the output on the external screens but
> > the internal screen remains black.
> > I can also change the resolution etc. via xrandr but, so far, I did not
> > manage to turn the internal display on.
> >
> > Attached, I send a the Xorg.log and another dmesg output that was taken
> > while running X.
> >
> > Again, thanks a lot for the work.
> >
> >
> >
> > BR,
> >
> > Ruediger
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 17.10.2015 21:38, Ruediger Gad wrote:
> >> Sorry, the second attachment got somehow removed.
> >> I'm giving it another try as "dmesg.sc.out".
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 17.10.2015 21:15, Ruediger Gad wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> thank you very much for your work on this.
> >>>
> >>> I tried the latest version as of today (commit
> >>> 382004782ca4960f1e25a890e8df21507ba9eb4f).
> >>> Unfortunately, it does not seem to work as I only get a black screen on
> >>> the console.
> >>>
> >>> I tried with both kern.vty="vt" and kern.vty="sc".
> >>> Attached, I send the corresponding dmesg output for vt (dmesg.out) and
> >>> sc (dmesg.out.sc).
> >>> My system is a laptop with an i7-4710MQ CPU and a 2560x1440 display.
> >>> I hope the dmesg out is helpful.
> >>>
> >>> Again, thank you very very much for working on this.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> BR,
> >>>
> >>> Ruediger
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 17.10.2015 15:26, Jean-Sébastien Pédron wrote:
> >>>> Hi!
> >>>>
> >>>> Lately, I fixed several issues with the GEM, people already reported
> >>>> this improved things for them.
> >>>>
> >>>> I believe I fixed two problems with the output connectors too and I
> hope
> >>>> that it will be fine now for people who reported eg. non-working HDMI.
> >>>> However, I can't test this myself.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm still chasing a problem with Mesa (Stellarium hangs on startup
> for me).
> >>>>
> >>>> As a reminder, informations are available on the wiki:
> >>>>
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/Update%20i915%20GPU%20driver%20to%20Linux%203.8
> >>>>
> >>>> Please continue to test! Thank you for your help :)
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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