Re: are there any working drivers for the i915?

Michael Gmelin <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.x11
Message-ID <[email protected]>

> On 19. Mar 2020, at 17:54, Chris <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:21:30 -0700 Kevin Oberman [email protected] said
> 
>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 7:24 PM Chris <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > I'm unable to use X and friends on 12.1-STABLE on an
>> > Intel based box (Sandy Bridge).
>> > pkg install drm-kmod
>> > followed by
>> > echo 'kld_list="/boot/modules/i915kms.ko"'>>/etc/rc.conf
>> > on reboot results in a Fatal trap 9.
>> > pkg delete drm-kmod, followed by a pkg install drm-legacy-kmod
>> > leaving the same in rc.conf(5). Results in:
>> > drmn0: This code is obsolete abandonware. Install the
>> > graphics/drm-legacy-kmod pkg
>> > ermm... That's what I just did!
>> > Attempting to use X and friends with the legacy kmod still
>> > in place Results in most things crashing (dumping core on signal 11).
>> > Has the i915 simply been dropped. But nobody bothered
>> > to announce it?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for any possible solutions.

On STABLE I’d suggest to install drm-kmod from ports (deinstall binary packages first).

-m


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