Re: nvidia-driver fails to load gui

Hi,

On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Shawn Webb <lattera_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Henry Hu <henry.hu.sh_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Shawn Webb <lattera_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Henry Hu <henry.hu.sh_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Shawn Webb <lattera_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Henry Hu <henry.hu.sh_at_gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Shawn Webb <lattera_at_gmail.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Hey All,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> More new laptop woes. The good-ish news is that the VESA driver
> >>>>>> works, but
> >>>>>> x11/nvidia-driver doesn't. I'm on a Lenovo Y50-70. When I run
> >>>>>> `startx`, it
> >>>>>> appears that xorg switches to a new vty, but doesn't actually bring
> >>>>>> up the
> >>>>>> UI. I see a new console (as in vty) with a cursor at the top left
> >>>>>> corner.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> xorg.conf is pasted here: http://ix.io/1Dr
> >>>>>> Xorg.0.log is pasted here: http://ix.io/1Dq
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I'll just use the VESA driver for now, but it'd be nice to be able
> to
> >>>>>> hook
> >>>>>> the laptop up to a second monitor or a projector, which I can't do
> >>>>>> with the
> >>>>>> VESA driver.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Is it an optimus laptop? Have you tried uninstalling nvidia driver
> and
> >>>>> try the intel driver?
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> It's a Lenovo Y50-70, which is running Intel Haswell, so the intel
> >>>> driver won't work.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> I'm afrad that the nvidia card would not work either, at least for the
> >>> internal LCD.
> >>> Some optimus cards only provide 3d acceleration, and some are only
> >>> connected to HDMI/DisplayPort outputs. Have you tried other outputs on
> the
> >>> laptop?
> >>>
> >>
> >> I haven't tried the other outputs. My primary output will be the
> internal
> >> LCD. What would it take to get it to work?
> >>
> >
> > Wait for the kernel driver update which would support Haswell graphics?
> >
>
> Who's in charge of that? I've pinged kib_at_ privately with no reply. Is
> there
> a patchset that I can help test out on 11-current? What's the status? I'd
> love to help get the Haswell update out the door, especially now that I
> have multiple systems running Haswell.
>
you may be aware, there was
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2014-October/052532.html
(and v2 of the patch) from kib_at_ that I and others gave a spin. The second
version worked fine for me (including xorg-experimental repo w/ the Intel
3.0beta driver). Note however that this does not really include Haswell
support according to kib_at_  but he seems to run it on a Haswell system.
Maybe this helps?

Other than that, I have heard to news (and I am eager to test...).

HTH

Johannes