Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 18:30:46 +0200 From: Tommi Pernila <tommi.pernila@gmail.com> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CURRENT, X11 on i5-4200M Haswell and iGPU graphics HD4600: Status? Message-ID: <CABHD1wQyp7xTQjs0eNTFbxvZSd51FEZ%2BqpqnAD%2BdLMNpnOirdA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CABHD1wRFyGid7VSdV6G0_5mcK1SX8yDsGBUJXN9BfWZj5TzqDQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20151215160904.1e634ce8@hermann> <CABHD1wRFyGid7VSdV6G0_5mcK1SX8yDsGBUJXN9BfWZj5TzqDQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Oliver, The Current branch does not yet include the latest intel drivers with the Haswell support. To test the latest code follow the directions on this website: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/Update%20i915%20GPU%20driver%20to%20Linux%203.8 Br, Tommi > On Dec 15, 2015 17:09, "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > > > > I have a Lenovo ThinkPad E540 with an i5-4200M CPU and HD4600 iGPU and > > nVidia GT740M. I tried CURRENT (FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT #3 r292258: Tue > > Dec 15 13:22:31 CET 2015 amd64) with most recent X11 (xorg-7.7_2, > > xorg-drivers-7.7_3, xorg-server-1.17.4,1). kldstats reports > > > > Id Refs Address Size Name > > 1 26 0xffffffff80200000 1245288 kernel > > 2 2 0xffffffff81447000 7b328 drm2.ko > > 3 1 0xffffffff814c3000 c98c8 i915kms.ko > > > > so I suppose KMS-capable kernel module for detecting HD4600 iGGPU is up > > and running. The notebook has a HD4600/Optimus nVidia GT740M > > combination, there is also a firmware switch to select between > > "Integrated" (supposedly HD4600) and "Accerlerated" (nVidia Optimus > > GT740M). > > > > I'm not able to have a graphical screen either with "intel" or "nvidia" > > set in /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/xorg.conf. The Xorg.log reports > > about " no device found". > > > > This incident is announced earlier due to the fact I use a vt() based > > kernel, UEFI boot and on all systems (with IvyBridge or older) this > > method finds the iGPU, reports some properties of the possible ports > > available due to i915kms and then switches into a higher resolution > > mode instead remaining in that clumsy 640x400 resolution. > > > > Either way what is configured in the firmware (using "Integrated" right > > now) I'm incapable of getting any graphical screen or any indication > > that the iGPU or the nVidia addemdum GT740M exists. > > > > I read about successfully installed graphical screens on recent > > CURRENT with Haswell iGPU graphics - so am I lost with that Optimus > > hardware? Or is CURRENT still not handling all Haswell chips? > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Oliver > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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