Re: 11.2-RELEASE - drm-stable/next - radeonkms - VGA out not working properly

On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 12:56:18 -0700
Kevin Oberman <[email protected]> wrote:

> This is a quick thought without studying anything... just reading the
> text.
> 
> First, you say that you are EFI booting. This is contraindicated for
> amdgpu. (See below.)
> 
> Then you say that you boot with drm-*-kmod loaded. How are you
> loading it? It should not be loaded at boot, but from rc.conf.
> 
> pkg-message file in the port:
> The experimental drm-next-kmod port can be enabled for amdgpu (for AMD
> GPUs starting with the HD7000 series / Tahiti) or i915kms (for Intel
> APUs starting with HD3000 / Sandy Bridge) through kld_list in
> /etc/rc.conf. radeonkms for older AMD GPUs can be loaded and there are
> some positive reports if EFI boot is NOT enabled (similar to amdgpu).
> 
> For amdgpu: kld_list="amdgpu"
> For Intel: kld_list="/boot/modules/i915kms.ko"
> For radeonkms: kld_list="/boot/modules/radeonkms.ko"
> 
> Please ensure that all users requiring graphics are members of the
> "video" group.
> --
> Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer
> E-mail: [email protected]
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To clarify, I am loading it as the pkg-message suggests, from rc.conf,
and I`m working around the EFI conflict by disabling efifb (i.e.
hw.syscons.disable=1), as stated in my original message.

--
ralph
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