Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:39:32 +0100 From: Johannes Dieterich <dieterich.joh@gmail.com> To: Shawn Webb <lattera@gmail.com> Cc: Henry Hu <henry.hu.sh@gmail.com>, FreeBSD-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: nvidia-driver fails to load gui Message-ID: <CABquGzVZteB%2BfA7%2BddfY=8OaZL9Z5eaEJuhWgAUJ1wzMG9aw4A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADt0fhxpgTqpX_aJJgsU-R=pu4Vo-YtHPrUpKqejawyF=Rm%2BgQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADt0fhw9yPYpuRCNE6M92z9BbxyAsuXLf_FeWoPxYQWW-LHmgg@mail.gmail.com> <CAEJt7hasT44g8iMVy34rVOFPJsBxYS67F_3M6M=0v0UJjTYp9Q@mail.gmail.com> <CADt0fhyUnXYs5_JEOPS4H=LqUgVQCqMKcMTzaG58jTfEO-Y2%2Bw@mail.gmail.com> <CAEJt7haY5Zzr%2BwBRLKA9hYdp2vLL6PQ3fnLV26D47hzo1_X7Aw@mail.gmail.com> <CADt0fhzR6bATHdqqGQNM43x%2Bbj-tS1%2BbU4MYSfQqj32DfvJP1A@mail.gmail.com> <CAEJt7hbEMscxdTO1_TBHaWrEsTSan=7qe-UdgwSUFf_16MhKKw@mail.gmail.com> <CADt0fhxpgTqpX_aJJgsU-R=pu4Vo-YtHPrUpKqejawyF=Rm%2BgQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Shawn Webb <lattera@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Henry Hu <henry.hu.sh@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Shawn Webb <lattera@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Henry Hu <henry.hu.sh@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Shawn Webb <lattera@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Henry Hu <henry.hu.sh@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Shawn Webb <lattera@gmail.com> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Hey All, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> More new laptop woes. The good-ish news is that the VESA driver > >>>>>> works, but > >>>>>> x11/nvidia-driver doesn't. I'm on a Lenovo Y50-70. When I run > >>>>>> `startx`, it > >>>>>> appears that xorg switches to a new vty, but doesn't actually bring > >>>>>> up the > >>>>>> UI. I see a new console (as in vty) with a cursor at the top left > >>>>>> corner. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> xorg.conf is pasted here: http://ix.io/1Dr > >>>>>> Xorg.0.log is pasted here: http://ix.io/1Dq > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I'll just use the VESA driver for now, but it'd be nice to be able > to > >>>>>> hook > >>>>>> the laptop up to a second monitor or a projector, which I can't do > >>>>>> with the > >>>>>> VESA driver. > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Is it an optimus laptop? Have you tried uninstalling nvidia driver > and > >>>>> try the intel driver? > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> It's a Lenovo Y50-70, which is running Intel Haswell, so the intel > >>>> driver won't work. > >>>> > >>> > >>> I'm afrad that the nvidia card would not work either, at least for the > >>> internal LCD. > >>> Some optimus cards only provide 3d acceleration, and some are only > >>> connected to HDMI/DisplayPort outputs. Have you tried other outputs on > the > >>> laptop? > >>> > >> > >> I haven't tried the other outputs. My primary output will be the > internal > >> LCD. What would it take to get it to work? > >> > > > > Wait for the kernel driver update which would support Haswell graphics? > > > > Who's in charge of that? I've pinged kib@ privately with no reply. Is > there > a patchset that I can help test out on 11-current? What's the status? I'd > love to help get the Haswell update out the door, especially now that I > have multiple systems running Haswell. > you may be aware, there was https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2014-October/052532.html (and v2 of the patch) from kib@ that I and others gave a spin. The second version worked fine for me (including xorg-experimental repo w/ the Intel 3.0beta driver). Note however that this does not really include Haswell support according to kib@ but he seems to run it on a Haswell system. Maybe this helps? Other than that, I have heard to news (and I am eager to test...). HTH Johannes
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