Re: Problems starting X on Mac using vesa, radeon or intel drivers when running FreeBSD-CURRENT in EFI

From: Lokadamus <lokadamus_at_gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 22:18:53 +0200
Am 20.07.2014 18:19, schrieb Anders Bolt-Evensen:
> Hello, everyone!
> Last week, I created a custom ISO from the latest -CURRENT sources 
> which contained an EFI image that is bootable on my MacBook Pro.
> Both installation and booting from this new FreeBSD 11 EFI system goes 
> without any problems.
> However, I've also installed X11 and GNOME to get a graphical 
> environment to work with, and that's when my problem occurs.
>
> This computer has an Intel HD 3000 card as well as an AMD Radeon 
> Mobility HD 6770M card.
>
> The problem is that every time I start up X, using the Intel driver, 
> the screen freezes with a cursor in the top left corner of the screen.
> In other words, the X windowing system does not show up at all.
> Pressing i.e. alt+F2 to switch away from this screen does not work.
>
> ....
> info: [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
> info: [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
> info: [drm] Enabling RC6 states: RC6 off, RC6p off, RC6pp off
> drmn1: taking over the fictitious range 0xa0000000-0xb0000000
> fbd1 on drmn1
> VT: Replacing driver "efifb" with new "fb".
> info: [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730
1.6.0 20080730 looks old for me.
Have a look at https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics section "Installing KMS 
Ports"

Hope it helps
Regards
Received on Wed Jul 23 2014 - 18:18:56 UTC

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