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Date:      Thu, 16 May 2019 11:12:41 +0200
From:      Milan Obuch <freebsd-hackers@dino.sk>
To:        Niclas Zeising <zeising+freebsd@daemonic.se>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Any WAFER-BT users?
Message-ID:  <20190516111206.477ff9c9@zeta.dino.sk>
In-Reply-To: <3ee95478-aa31-450e-efdd-daa500de6032@daemonic.se>
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On Thu, 16 May 2019 10:43:32 +0200
Niclas Zeising <zeising+freebsd@daemonic.se> wrote:

> On 2019-05-16 10:19, Milan Obuch wrote:

[ snip ]

> > I found another way to enable VGA - adding line
> > 
> > hw.vga.acpi_ignore_no_vga=1
> > 
> > into /boot/loader.conf made kernel to use VGA and keyboard as
> > console with vt. It works with installation media as well, i. e.
> > GENERIC kernel. I am not yet able to use VGA with X with FullHD
> > resolution. I can use X with vesa video only, which makes maximum
> > resolution 1024x768.
> > 
> > Just to share my finding...
> >   
> 
> Hi!
> Just a wild guess here, perhaps something isn't setting up the 
> framebuffer used for UEFI correctly?
>

Maybe, question is how can I know and how to fix the problem not yet
known. I am backing up my work now and planning fresh install, just in
case - I had originally disabled UEFI boot in BIOS, which could be the
cause, and simply enabling it did not help.

> With regards to X, try installing drm-kmod and follow the
> instructions, that should give you accelerated video (granted that
> it's a build in intel graphics card, and that it's supported).
> 

Well, it looks like Bay Trail CPUs are not supported currently, at
least according our wiki page. I am asking about this on freebsd-x11
mailing list just now, where this could be addressed better.

Regards,
Milan



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