OK, making progress as it gives a new result: Starts to load Xorg server ~ [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled drmn0: <drmn> on vgapci0 panic: make_dev_alias_v: bad si_name (error=17, si_name=dri/renderD128) cpuid=2 time=~ KDB: stackbacktrace ~ >db [HALTS HERE - interactive mode] I entered help, it gave me a menu, I did a reboot there... The fact I get a new result is an improvement. And I still see that "funny fuzzy thick line" during bootup, which to me is a good sign too. Like I say, I'm willing to back up and start again. I'm not going to give up on this. It has worked for manyl weeks of 13.0-Current up until r350702. I'm hooked on FreeBSD. I was intending to load the LXDE desktop. I kind of like it as it's minimal and I get to pick my own apps. But I have tried Gnome, KDE, & Xfce too. I will probably try several more desktops. But if it doesn't work with the basic Xorg page with the three Xterms & a clock, it will not load a fancy desktop. Thanks so much for your help, Graham Clay On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 3:59 PM Clay Daniels Jr. <clay.daniels.jr_at_gmail.com> wrote: > Graham, thanks for the reply. Since my original post on this thread last > night, I went through the make install clean of the drm-current-kmod port. > It didn't take too long, probably half an hour or so. It gave an exit > message to put a line in /etc/rc.donf: kld_list="amdgpu" , which I did, > rebooted and the same problem. I tried the complete path: > kls_list="/boot/modules/amdgpu.ko" but the same problem. I know that it's > loading the amdgpu kmodule because when it is booting up and gets to the > part of discovery of my Radeon/Kabini video it suddenly shows a "wide fuzzy > line", right there in the console. The console message reads like I may > have permissions issues, but that can't be true, because if I specify the > older radeokms.ko it tries to load it and then hangs. So i have the right > module. > > But what you just said about installing the xf86-video-ati sounds like > good advice. The console error message is in /var/log/Xorg.0.~ and > complains about being unable to load an "ati" module. I bet this might do > it. My rather old computer is an HP Pavilion 23 all-in-one built & bought > in 2014 with an AMD E2-3000 cpu with Radeon HD video. It's all clamped in a > plastic frame and I've never looked inside myself. I intend to buy buy a > new computer, and it will be in a tower case that you can easily get into, > maybe with a clear glass or plastic side. I like to see the lights blink. > And I have my heart set on a Threadripper... > > OK, I'm going to log off, re-boot into my FreeBSD partition, and try to > install xf86-video-ati, probably from the ports, under graphics I guess. > > Thanks a lot, > Clay > > On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 3:16 PM Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 18/08/2019 03:08, Clay Daniels Jr. wrote: >> > … am I missing something else? … >> >> Re: >> < >> https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2019-August/074074.html> >> >> >> >> If you haven't already done so, it's probably recommended to install >> xf86-video-ati. >> >> What model is the HP? >> >> Will you use a desktop environment? >> >>Received on Sun Aug 18 2019 - 19:55:10 UTC
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