From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 21 06:01:46 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 186C7895 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 06:01:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pa0-x235.google.com (mail-pa0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c03::235]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DD78914E2 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 06:01:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f53.google.com with SMTP id lj1so7938145pab.40 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 22:01:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=VxGdAIkbD/w+EHI8y7YCHJniZnQ6XtelLVCc8wNbmOo=; b=YKO1NCg4vvuSglBofugbtDZHg0z9wLEOFpBJne30tD9Qjp9THn/8jeck9mJMAwCISu OR2QbhDsJCnuvpa1ZvsHX81Cc1g6DBnXTCFOrbuy5ZDSlQ0YiRfStqWDGCs31Bmpg4ko 2rok+4bJhTvWPhZULC+bWkd2rRVCPiC/5KVMckwDXerCormfoQ3+MQOQceT8G5BVugI+ ct/HNfOUbJ+25OE8edmNClUMlmdb9DGhmib0OF7G9RqdxZH3AV7wRLXfLiivl5W4GeO/ dgk6vfw+a1A4LhNLOAQKjpDWZIKzrZ2dlkyBWSutFXWOX5Ll56QIWOKsu2wzoSsbMovY +U1A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.66.163.36 with SMTP id yf4mr23099739pab.67.1390284105532; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 22:01:45 -0800 (PST) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.67.30.1 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 22:01:45 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 22:01:45 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: xMQOW0-zV-MbbOs0FjhO6t3evg4 Message-ID: Subject: Re: From: Kevin Oberman To: kraxadmin Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 06:01:46 -0000 On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 11:56 AM, kraxadmin wrote: > only had 800*600 resolution when I installed xorg and openbox. I did some > digging and I found out I have to active it. so I added this to my > /etc/make.conf > > WITH_NEW_XORG=true > WITH_KMS=true > > and update my base system and also portmaster -af to update all my > packages. That update worked; **but now every time I am trying to do > startxor X > -configure , my monitor goes black and and its power light start blinking > like it is on standby. further investigation showed this black screen > happens whenever I do kldload i915kms. Now i am out of idea and options. > If you mean you are manually loading i915kms, DON"T DO THAT! It will, as you have seen, leave you with a dead screen. This is because syscons and KMS simply don't play together. Head has vt which does. I hope it will be MFCed to 10-STABLE soon, but without it, when the driver is loaded, your vtys are all dead. If you switch to one, the keyboard will be fine and you can enter commands, but no display is available. The right way is to NOT load i915kms manually. When X starts (whither by startx or a display manager (xdm, gdm, kdm, etc.), the module will load. X will start normally. Of course, you can't switch back to a vty and expect a display, but you can switch back and nter enter commands as long as yo can work without seeing the display. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com