I want to move over to FreeBSD from OpenBSD, but I'm having some problems right at the start.
Installation done, network connected, boots. Now I want to install X11. Start off with:
...and add my user to the
Once that's done, check the graphics card:
And we get:
So we install the Intel drivers:
And we add it to the rc file:
Now it's time to add the xorg configuration, so we create a new file
At this point, the manual is not very clear, and it seems the next steps all require X to be running. So I try
This looks to me as though it can't find the Intel driver. Trouble is, I don't know where the driver is, or where it should be, and I also don't know how FreeBSD deals with such things.
Can anybody give me some pointers as to how to get things working?
Installation done, network connected, boots. Now I want to install X11. Start off with:
pkg install xorg
...and add my user to the
video
group.Once that's done, check the graphics card:
Code:
pciconf -lv|grep -B4 VGA
Code:
vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 rev=0x07 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x1616 device=0x2057 subvendor=8086 subdevice=0x2057
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = 'HD Graphics 5500'
class = display
subclass = VGA
pkg install drm-kmod
And we add it to the rc file:
sysrc kld_list+=i915kms
Now it's time to add the xorg configuration, so we create a new file
/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
:
Code:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "intel"
EndSection
startx
. This gives the no screens found
error message and then stops. The log file is as follows:
Code:
[ 2477.610]
X.Org X Server 1.21.1.8
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 2477.610] Current Operating System: FreeBSD desktop 13.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE releng/13.2-n254617-525ecfdad597 GENERIC amd64
[ 2477.610]
[ 2477.610] Current version of pixman: 0.42.2
[ 2477.610] Before reporting problems, check [URL]http://wiki.x.org[/URL]
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 2477.610] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 2477.611] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Oct 3 12:59:52 2023
[ 2477.611] (==) Using config directory: "/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 2477.611] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 2477.611] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 2477.611] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 2477.611] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 2477.611] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 2477.611] (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using the first device section listed.
[ 2477.611] (**) | |-->Device "Card0"
[ 2477.611] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 2477.611] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 2477.611] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 2477.611] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 2477.611] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[ 2477.611] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[ 2477.611] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/local/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/local/share/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/local/share/fonts/OTF/,
/usr/local/share/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/local/share/fonts/100dpi/,
/usr/local/share/fonts/75dpi/,
catalogue:/usr/local/etc/X11/fontpath.d
[ 2477.611] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 2477.611] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 2477.611] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 2477.611] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 2477.611] X.Org Video Driver: 25.2
[ 2477.611] X.Org XInput driver : 24.4
[ 2477.611] X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[ 2477.614] (--) PCI:*(0@0:2:0) 8086:1616:8086:2057 rev 9, Mem @ 0xf6000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000f000/64, BIOS @ 0x????????/65536
[ 2477.614] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 2477.614] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 2477.615] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 2477.615] compiled for 1.21.1.8, module version = 1.0.0
[ 2477.615] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[ 2477.615] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[ 2477.615] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module intel
[ 2477.615] (EE) Failed to load module "intel" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 2477.615] (EE) No drivers available.
[ 2477.615] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 2477.615] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[ 2477.615] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at [URL]http://wiki.x.org[/URL]
for help.
[ 2477.615] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 2477.615] (EE)
[ 2477.615] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
Can anybody give me some pointers as to how to get things working?