Re: X11 on Pi 4

On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 09:51:54PM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote:
> I'm trying to get X11 runing on the Pi4.
> So far I don't get a signal on the screen.
> I'd tried both HDMI ports.
> FreeBSD mentions:
> VT(efifb): resolution 592x448
> ...
> fb0: <BCM2835 VT framebuffer driver> on simplebus0
> fb0: keeping existing fb bpp of 32
> fbd0 on fb0
> WARNING: Device "fb" is Giant locked and may be deleted before FreeBSD 14.0.
> VT: Replacing driver "efifb" with new "fb".
> fb0: 592x448(592x448@0,0) 32bpp
> fb0: fbswap: 1, pitch 2368, base 0x3eaf5000, screen_size 1060864
> 
> 
> On a Pi3B with the same screen:
> VT(efifb): resolution 1280x800
> ...
> fb0: <BCM2835 VT framebuffer driver> on simplebus0
> fbd0 on fb0
> VT: Replacing driver "efifb" with new "fb".
> fb0: 1280x800(1280x800@0,0) 24bpp
> fb0: fbswap: 1, pitch 3840, base 0x3e90c000, screen_size 3072000
> 
> Is there some kind of initialisation missing from u-boot?
> I noticed that raspbian on the Pi4 also leave the screen disabled
> until X starts.
> Unfortunately starting X on FreeBSD doesn't change anything.

I have to retest it with a fresh board.
I updated to the firmware to the beta channel, but when I did this
raspbian didn't show anything either.
I also have hdmi_safe=1 disabled.
Don't know if the update and config change was required or not because
the truth is that the mini HDMI cable I'd used was broken.
I had used it before with a Beaglebone Black and had the X output with
rapbian on the Pi4, but after ordering a new cable, everything worked fine.

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