are there any working drivers for the i915?

[Chris]

On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 17:57:20 +0100 Michael Gmelin freebsd at grem.de said

> > On 19. Mar 2020, at 17:54, Chris <bsd-lists at bsdforge.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:21:30 -0700 Kevin Oberman rkoberman at gmail.com said
> > 
> >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 7:24 PM Chris <bsd-lists at bsdforge.com> wrote:
> >> > I'm unable to use X and friends on 12.1-STABLE on an
> >> > Intel based box (Sandy Bridge).
> >> > pkg install drm-kmod
> >> > followed by
> >> > echo 'kld_list="/boot/modules/i915kms.ko"'>>/etc/rc.conf
> >> > on reboot results in a Fatal trap 9.
> >> > pkg delete drm-kmod, followed by a pkg install drm-legacy-kmod
> >> > leaving the same in rc.conf(5). Results in:
> >> > drmn0: This code is obsolete abandonware. Install the
> >> > graphics/drm-legacy-kmod pkg
> >> > ermm... That's what I just did!
> >> > Attempting to use X and friends with the legacy kmod still
> >> > in place Results in most things crashing (dumping core on signal 11).
> >> > Has the i915 simply been dropped. But nobody bothered
> >> > to announce it?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance for any possible solutions.
> 
> On STABLE I’d suggest to install drm-kmod from ports (deinstall binary
> packages first).
I'm guessing you're spot-on. This is my only real attempt to build up a
system with pkg. I've always built from ports in the past, and never run
into this sort of problem. Given this spare is fairly underpowered by
todays standards. I went the pkg route.

Thanks, Michael!

--Chris
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