No devices detected when running startx
Bob Willcox
bob at immure.com
Wed Mar 14 21:59:36 UTC 2018
Hmm, I did notice this in my Xorg.0.log:
(EE) intel(0): Failed to submit rendering commands (Bad address), disabling acceleration.
Should I be worried? Looks like I may not be running with GPU acceleration enabled.
Thanks,
Bob
On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 09:59:51AM -0500, Bob Willcox wrote:
> Ok, simply placing the module_path specification into my /boot/loader.conf
> file didn't work. The /boot/kernel versions of drm and i915kms were what was
> loaded. Howerver placing this in my rc.conf file:
>
> kld_list="/boot/modules/drm.ko /boot/modules/i915kms.ko"
>
> did work so I'm back up with X again...thanks!
>
> Bob
>
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 10:09:36PM -0500, Bob Willcox wrote:
> > Thanks Johannes, I will try this out tomorrow when I get into the office.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 10:14:35PM +0000, Johannes Lundberg wrote:
> > >
> > > Bob Willcox writes:
> > >
> > > > I have updated my 12.0 current system to 330866 today and am trying to get X
> > > > to run again. I had been running the drm-next version for sometime now and
> > > > since the drm-next-kmod port had been merged into the ports tree and it had
> > > > been almost a year since I last updated this system I thought it would be wise
> > > > to update.
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately it's not been going well so far. I rebuilt and installed the
> > > > latest kernel, updated all the ports, and installed the graphics/drm-next-kmod
> > > > port but still no joy.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Sorry to hear that. We do need to improve the documentation and
> > > instructions.
> > >
> > > What does 'kldstat -v' say? The kernel modules from ports are installed to
> > > /boot/modules and it is common that the old version that comes with the
> > > kernel in /boot/kernel is loaded instead.
> > >
> > > There are several ways to make sure that the correct modules are
> > > loaded. I put this in my /boot/loader.conf:
> > >
> > > module_path="/boot/modules;/boot/dtb;/boot/overlays"
> > >
> > > This will make sure that modules are loaded from /boot/modules first,
> > > and then /boot/kernel if they are not found in the first locations.
> > >
> > > To load modules automatically, put in /etc/rc.conf
> > >
> > > kld_list="/boot/modules/drm.ko /boot/modules/i915kms.ko"
> > >
> > > or simply
> > >
> > > kld_list="i915kms"
> > >
> > > if you specified module_path.
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > My system is an Intel NUC with this hardware configuration:
> > > >
> > > > CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5557U CPU @ 3.10GHz (3092.91-MHz K8-class CPU)
> > > > Origin="GenuineIntel" Id=0x306d4 Family=0x6 Model=0x3d Stepping=4
> > > > Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
> > > > Features2=0x7ffafbbf<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,FMA,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,TSCDLT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND>
> > > > AMD Features=0x2c000800<SYSCALL,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM>
> > > > AMD Features2=0x121<LAHF,ABM,Prefetch>
> > > > Structured Extended Features=0x21c27ab<FSGSBASE,TSCADJ,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,ERMS,INVPCID,NFPUSG,RDSEED,ADX,SMAP,PROCTRACE>
> > > > XSAVE Features=0x1<XSAVEOPT>
> > > > VT-x: (disabled in BIOS) PAT,HLT,MTF,PAUSE,EPT,UG,VPID
> > > > TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
> > > > real memory = 17179869184 (16384 MB)
> > > > avail memory = 16482922496 (15719 MB)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Here's what I get in the Xorg.0.log file when I run startx:
> > > >
> > > > [ 49.100] (EE) No devices detected.
> > > > [ 49.101] (EE)
> > > > Fatal server error:
> > > > [ 49.101] (EE) no screens found(EE)
> > > > [ 49.101] (EE)
> > > > Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
> > > > at http://wiki.x.org
> > > > for help.
> > > > [ 49.101] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
> > > > [ 49.101] (EE)
> > > > [ 49.101] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > My devices section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf is this:
> > > >
> > > > Section "Device"
> > > > Identifier "Card0"
> > > > Driver "intel"
> > > > BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
> > > > EndSection
> > > >
> > > > and the 'pciconf -lv' ouput for the graphics adapter is:
> > > >
> > > > vgapci0 at pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x20578086 chip=0x162b8086 rev=0x09 hdr=0x00
> > > > vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> > > > device = 'Iris Graphics 6100'
> > > > class = display
> > > > subclass = VGA
> > > >
> > > > My 'uname -a' output:
> > > >
> > > > FreeBSD tavion.austin.ibm.com 12.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT #1 r330866: Tue Mar 13 15:26:12 CDT 2018 bob at tavion.austin.ibm.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/sys/TAVION amd64
> > > >
> > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is my workstation in the office
> > > > and I really need X Windows to work.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Bob
> >
> > --
> > Bob Willcox | The amount of flak received on any subject is inversely
> > bob at immure.com | proportional to the subject's true value.
> > Austin, TX |
>
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