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Date:      Wed, 03 Jul 2013 21:54:37 +0200
From:      Niclas Zeising <zeising@freebsd.org>
To:        David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Intel KMS success
Message-ID:  <51D4817D.7000006@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAO%2BPfDeYO3gkOdsVTkaaWCjotcexfC=QXgygQ7JDhbtoHBTTgw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 07/03/13 21:28, David Demelier wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've successfully get my intel card working :-). Thank for all your
> work on this. However I only have two questions:
> 
> 1. I needed to build a GENERIC kernel, if not Xorg says "No devices
> found" and complains about no files under /dev/dri*. I have built in
> the device drm and device i915drm though. Do these drivers *must* be
> compiled as modules?

The i915kms kernel module should be loaded automatically when you start
X.  There is no need to compile it into the kernel, and if you do so
then the console won't work.
> 
> 2. The tty is broken after the X starts, I read in the FAQ that it's
> due to the i915drm load, will it be possible to get this of this bug
> soon?

This is a known issue, and work is underway to fix it.  I have no idea
when that work is completed.

Regards!
-- 
Niclas Zeising



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