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Date:      Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:18:52 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Mason Loring Bliss <mason@blisses.org>
Cc:        freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Radeon Caicos issue
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410201917310.48441@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20141020221734.GK6490@blisses.org>
References:  <20141020221734.GK6490@blisses.org>

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On Mon, 20 Oct 2014, Mason Loring Bliss wrote:

> Hi, all. I'd like to install FreeBSD on my work desktop, but I'm seeming to
> have no luck with the graphics. When I load the firmware from
> /boot/loader.conf the system seems to crash - the screen blinks out and the
> monitors say they're getting no signal, and that's it. When I load the
> firmware (via kldstat radeonkms) from the console after boot, the screen
> blinks and goes away like it does when loading from loader.conf, but the
> system is still running, so I'm able to collect some stats via ssh.

Why are you manually loading the firmware at all?



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