Date: Sun, 12 May 2024 10:04:59 +0300 From: Rostislav Krasny <rosti.bsd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [14.1-BETA2] Cannot run any Desktop Environment Message-ID: <CANt7McEFg8ajyaNEe4QgwDs4E7ewomLeFLfedUdWGn2Ee0oW-w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CANt7McEzi70p_AY0waWRD3zrPn4%2BgZqLFJfB_jan7acYBvys%2BQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANt7McF_H0izwB11f5x7ZrCduQ78_1KHXvDxQgG=-SovSo6ATw@mail.gmail.com> <CANt7McEzi70p_AY0waWRD3zrPn4%2BgZqLFJfB_jan7acYBvys%2BQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, May 11, 2024 at 5:23=E2=80=AFPM Rostislav Krasny <rosti.bsd@gmail.c= om> wrote: > > The previous email was accidentally sent before I finished writing it. > My apologies. Please read this one instead: > > Hi, > > I wanted to try FreeBSD 14.1-BETA2 on my desktop computer and > installed it from the official > FreeBSD-14.1-BETA2-amd64-mini-memstick.img image file and network. > The base system has been installed and seems to be working properly. > > Then I wanted to install some Desktop Environment and installed LXQT > as described in the 8.2.6 section of the Handbook (but without setting > the sddm_lang, since I'm fine with English). > > Then I installed xorg and drm-kmod, as described in the 5.2 and 5.3 > sections of the Handbook. I have the i7-4790 CPU with integrated > graphics that is the only graphic card that I have, so I enabled the > i915kms kernel module in /etc/rc.conf > > After reboot the xorg and sddm seem to be working properly and I was > able even pass the login stage but after about 5 seconds later my > screen was completely _blank_ and I was not able switching into any > other console (Ctrl+Alt+F1 or F2 or any other Fn). The base system was > not stuck because pressing on the "power" button initiated the normal > shutdown process. Yet another observation, I noticed that after sddm > login and before the screen got blank most of the desktop icons are > not shown but only their titles. > > Since this system is still usable before DE login I tried to use XFCE > with lightdm instead of the LXQT sddm. Then I commented out the > sddm_enable=3D"YES" line in the /etc/rc.conf and installed xfce, lightdm > and lightdm-gtk-greeter packages as described in the 8.2.3.3 section > of the Handbook, including lightdm_enable=3D"YES" in the /etc/rc.conf > and rebooted. The result was very similar to the previous one with > LXQT. The lightdm and xorg seemed to work properly and I was able to > pass the login stage and see the XFCE desktop but without most of the > desktop icons and after about 5 seconds (or maybe after the first time > I clicked on some of those icons place) my screen got blank and no > other console was available. > > Is it a known issue? Did I do something wrong? > > And yet another problem. Section 5.4.3 offers to add the following > video card configuration (in my case) into the > /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "intel" > EndSection > > If I add it with either tab or spaces indentation the sddm can't > start. Didn't try the the lightdm yet but almost sure it will not work > too. > Is that 20-intel.conf configuration file necessary? After further investigation it turned out that the problem is that Xorg in FreeBSD doesn't support the DisplayPort 1.2 specification. After I disabled the DisplayPort 1.2 in the configuration menu of my Dell U2414H monitor Xfce started to work. At the same time Windows 10 in this hardware supports DisplayPort 1.2 properly. Is it a known limitation and is support of DisplayPort 1.2 going to be implemented?
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