Re: Fujitsu Lifebook E751 (iGPU: HM65): distorted console with UEFI boot

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Am Wed, 28 Nov 2018 15:00:42 +0100
Emmanuel Vadot <manu_at_bidouilliste.com> schrieb:

>  Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 10:51:11 +0100
> "O. Hartmann" <ohartmann_at_walstatt.org> wrote:
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> > I ran into some trouble booting off a Fujitsu Lifebook E751 (firmware is latest, r1.22
> > from 2013). The E751 is of model series S26391-K326-V100 and equipted with a Core
> > i5-2520M CPU and supposed to be also equipted with a iGPU HM65 according to the
> > techniscal specifications from Fujitsu.
> > 
> > Trying to boot off 12-PRERELEASE/12-RC2 and/or 13-CURRENT (most recent I could grap
> > from the download page), the screen becomes distorted immediately after the kernel has
> > loaded and initialised/booted. The screen is at the loader's all right so far.
> > 
> > Trying to disable graphics mode via escaping to the loader's prompt and setting 
> > 
> > set hw.vga.textmode=1
> > 
> > subsequently loading the kernel and then booting, doesn't help. The screen is
> > distorted again. The notebook seems UEFI only and doesn't boot off from MBR partioned
> > devices (i.e. NanoBSD I used to use).
> > 
> > Loading /boot/kernel/i915kms.ko
> > 
> > after manually having loaded /boot/kernel/kernel (and not booted yet) doesn't change
> > anything either.
> > 
> > Booting off and installing Linux (Ubuntu, Mint so far, most revent verions I can get
> > my hands on) is no problem. The console works fine from the beginning and so the
> > graphics.
> > 
> > Is there a chance to get a FreeBSD booting the easy way? 
> > 
> > The provided boot images do not contain any of the
> > graphics/drm-stable|next|legacy-kmod stuff, I tried to load i915kms.ko off
> > from /boot/modules/ (were those modules from the ports are supposed to reside) but no
> > chance.
> > 
> > Before starting investigating this issue further I'd like to ask wether there is a
> > general support provided or is that type of notebook dead matter for FreeBSD of the
> > modern kind?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > oh
> > 
> > p.s. please CC me, I'm not subscribing all lists.
> > 
> > - -- 
> > O. Hartmann
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>  Could you post a picture somewhere ?
> 
>  I have a laptop which have efifb problem, what I need to do is (at
> loader prompt) :
> 
>  gop set 4 (to switch to a different mode)
>  gop set 0 (switch to the correct mode)
> 
>  You can gop list (iirc) to checks the available mode.
> 
>  The problem is that we are mixing serial and gop in loader.efi and
> when you set one mode in serial (or for SIMPLE_TEXT_PROTOCOL) is can
> mess the graphical mode.
> 

Sorry, I have no upload place to put some screenshots. 

The natural resolution of the display is 1280x800 pixel.

When existing to the loader and issuing as recommended the command "gop list", I get
three modes:

mode 0: 1024x768x32, stride=1024
mode 1: 640x480x32, stride=640
mode 2: 800x600x32, stride=800

Setting mode 1 and 2 via gop set X solves the problem and the screen is, at least during
a live session of the latest 12-PRE USB image, readable and looking normal.

As soon as I have an installation media, I'll check whether the screen is operable after
installation (and, of course, loader settings as required), or not.

Thanks for the quick help!

Kind regards,

O. Hartmann  

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