Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 15:39:57 -0700 From: Matthew Macy <mmacy@nextbsd.org> To: "Bob Willcox" <bob@immure.com> Cc: "Pete Wright" <pete@nomadlogic.org>, "" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gfx-next update: drm-4.8-rc2 tagged in drm-next Message-ID: <15749c17352.10a17d9a4283973.4910290917190765323@nextbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20160920221954.GV8480@rancor.immure.com> References: <1569231fc12.1189a20c2251388.8699372849515846410@nextbsd.org> <20160920162456.GO8480@rancor.immure.com> <CAGhTqAXdNBTbdvSzBUFaOMY10jEMy6MehNqN%2BFfdZVpZ5Y1Rbg@mail.gmail.com> <439e20fa-6385-68fb-c97e-24705ebd2f94@nomadlogic.org> <157496f7268.ac5eb5ca278618.8741026532558973404@nextbsd.org> <20160920212545.GU8480@rancor.immure.com> <d93f0a38-f2c1-ff61-a1db-6efad39c1ffd@nomadlogic.org> <20160920221954.GV8480@rancor.immure.com>
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---- On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 15:19:54 -0700 Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> wrote ---- > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 02:33:01PM -0700, Pete Wright wrote: > > > > > > On 9/20/16 2:25 PM, Bob Willcox wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 02:10:23PM -0700, Matthew Macy wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ---- On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 12:19:43 -0700 Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> wrote ---- > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > On 9/20/16 12:07 PM, Doug Kirk wrote: > > >> > > Hi Bob, > > >> > > > > >> > > To start, you'll want to build and install the kernel from the "drm-next" > > >> > > branch at https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics . > > >> > > Instructions in the FreeBSD handbook for building/installing. > > >> > > >> No. drm-next tracks upstream, but is not guaranteed to work at any particular point in time. Intel users should be using drm-next-4.7. > > > > > > Hmm, I fear that leaves me with the same noob questions then. Where do I > > > start? What do I download? What do I build? > > > > > > I would really like to try this on my NUC but I'm having trouble getting > > > started. > > > > > > > hey there Bob - sounds like the wiki may need a bit refactoring to make > > it more intuitive. I'll try to take a stab at that tonight. > > > > the tl;dr version is: > > > > - checkout this branch: > > git clone https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/freebsd-base-graphics.git -b > > drm-next-4.7 > > > > > > - compile the world+kernel of this checkout. the normal process of > > building the freebsd world from source works in this checkout. > > > > > > - once you are running the appropriate world+kernel configure this new > > pkg repository (I put this in a file named > > /usr/local/pkg/repo/FreeBSD-ports.repo for example): > > > > FreeBSD-ports: { > > url: > > "http://www.bsddesktop.com/images/120amd64-ports-graphics-xserver-mesa-next/" > > enabled: yes > > } > > > > - install appropriate Xorg Intel Xorg driver and XFCE4 desktop > > environment packages like so: > > > > $ pkg install -r FreeBSD-ports xorg xf86-video-intel xfce I've found that pkg has a hard time coping when multiple repositories contain different versions of the same packages. You may need to disable the default repo while you're doing this. I've seen a number of instances of operator error. -M
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