[Solved] Fresh Install GhostBSD 18.12 fails to start X due to drm problem

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[Solved] Fresh Install GhostBSD 18.12 fails to start X due to drm problem

Post by strider »

Dear GhostBSD community,
I just successfully installed GhostBSD on my Toshiba laptop (where an install of FreeBSD 11.1 a few months ago did not succeed completely ...).
However when I boot and X starts, I just get black screen.
Looking to my boot messages I see the following :

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drmn0 : error: No GEM object associated to handle 0x00000300, can't create framebuffer
The laptop has a AMD HD 4200 card (so I found in dmesg) and when looking to my Xorg log I found that this card should be supported by the radeonkms driver. Note that I can switch virtual terminals quite easily and they all appear to work in the highest resolution of my laptop. So kms is working.
The following modules are loaded at boot time :

radeonkms.ko
radeonkmsfw_RS780_pfp.ko
radeonkmsfw_RS780_me.ko
radeonkmsfw_R600_rlc.ko

Thanks in advance for any help
Last edited by strider on Wed Jan 16, 2019 6:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Fresh Install GhostBSD 18.12 fails to start X due to drm problem

Post by NevilleGoddard »

Hi. Can you please give the output of the Xorg.0.log file. Also if possible join our Telegram group for more advice.
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Re: Fresh Install GhostBSD 18.12 fails to start X due to drm problem

Post by strider »

Here is the ouput of Xorg :

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[    35.100] 
X.Org X Server 1.18.4
Release Date: 2016-07-19
[    35.100] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    35.100] Build Operating System: FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT amd64 
[    35.100] Current Operating System: FreeBSD chris.ghostbsd-pc.home 12.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT #0 7ad4fada6(HEAD): Thu Aug  2 11:37:15 EDT 2018     root@hydra:/usr/obj/root/jenkins/workspace/TrueOS_-_Stable_-_Complete/TrueOS_Stable/amd64.amd64/sys/GENERIC amd64
[    35.100] Build Date: 07 December 2018  04:48:01PM
[    35.100]  
[    35.100] Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
[    35.100] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    35.100] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    35.100] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Jan 13 21:29:37 2019
[    35.127] (==) Using config directory: "/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    35.127] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/local/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    35.151] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[    35.152] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[    35.152] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[    35.152] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[    35.152] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[    35.152] (**) Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
[    35.152] (**) Not automatically adding devices
[    35.152] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[    35.152] (==) Not automatically adding GPU devices
[    35.152] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[    35.284] (==) 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/
[    35.284] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
[    35.284] (==) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[    35.284] (==) |-->Input Device "<default keyboard>"
[    35.284] (==) No Layout section. Using the first mouse device.
[    35.284] (==) No Layout section. Using the default keyboard configuration.
[    35.284] (II) Loader magic: 0x413020
[    35.284] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    35.284] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    35.284] 	X.Org Video Driver: 20.0
[    35.284] 	X.Org XInput driver : 22.1
[    35.284] 	X.Org Server Extension : 9.0
[    35.285] (--) PCI:*(0:1:5:0) 1002:9712:1179:fde4 rev 0, Mem @ 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf2200000/65536, 0xf2100000/1048576, I/O @ 0x00007000/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/65536
[    35.285] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    35.299] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    35.464] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    35.464] 	compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    35.464] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 9.0
[    35.464] (==) AIGLX enabled
[    35.465] (==) Matched ati as autoconfigured driver 0
[    35.465] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 1
[    35.465] (==) Matched scfb as autoconfigured driver 2
[    35.465] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 3
[    35.465] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[    35.465] (II) LoadModule: "ati"
[    35.465] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
[    35.472] (II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    35.472] 	compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 18.1.0
[    35.472] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    35.472] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[    35.473] (II) LoadModule: "radeon"
[    35.474] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
[    35.504] (II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    35.504] 	compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 18.1.0
[    35.504] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    35.504] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[    35.504] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[    35.504] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[    35.518] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    35.518] 	compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 1.18.4
[    35.518] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    35.518] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[    35.518] (II) LoadModule: "scfb"
[    35.519] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/scfb_drv.so
[    35.519] (II) Module scfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    35.519] 	compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 0.0.4
[    35.519] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[    35.519] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[    35.519] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[    35.520] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    35.520] 	compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 2.4.0
[    35.520] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    35.520] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[    35.520] (II) LoadModule: "vmmouse"
[    35.533] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/input/vmmouse_drv.so
[    35.534] (II) Module vmmouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    35.534] 	compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 13.1.0
[    35.534] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[    35.534] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 22.1
[    35.534] (II) VMWARE(0): VMMOUSE module was loaded
[    35.534] (II) LoadModule: "kbd"
[    35.534] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/input/kbd_drv.so
[    35.541] (II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    35.541] 	compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 1.9.0
[    35.541] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[    35.541] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 22.1
[    35.542] (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI/AMD Radeon chipsets:
	ATI Radeon Mobility X600 (M24), ATI FireMV 2400,
	ATI Radeon Mobility X300 (M24), ATI FireGL M24 GL,
	ATI Radeon X600 (RV380), ATI FireGL V3200 (RV380),
	ATI Radeon IGP320 (A3), ATI Radeon IGP330/340/350 (A4),
	ATI Radeon 9500, ATI Radeon 9600TX, ATI FireGL Z1, ATI Radeon 9800SE,
	ATI Radeon 9800, ATI FireGL X2, ATI Radeon 9600, ATI Radeon 9600SE,
	ATI Radeon 9600XT, ATI FireGL T2, ATI Radeon 9650, ATI FireGL RV360,
	ATI Radeon 7000 IGP (A4+), ATI Radeon 8500 AIW,
	ATI Radeon IGP320M (U1), ATI Radeon IGP330M/340M/350M (U2),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 7000 IGP, ATI Radeon 9000/PRO, ATI Radeon 9000,
	ATI Radeon X800 (R420), ATI Radeon X800PRO (R420),
	ATI Radeon X800SE (R420), ATI FireGL X3 (R420),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9800 (M18), ATI Radeon X800 SE (R420),
	ATI Radeon X800XT (R420), ATI Radeon X800 VE (R420),
	ATI Radeon X850 (R480), ATI Radeon X850 XT (R480),
	ATI Radeon X850 SE (R480), ATI Radeon X850 PRO (R480),
	ATI Radeon X850 XT PE (R480), ATI Radeon Mobility M7,
	ATI Mobility FireGL 7800 M7, ATI Radeon Mobility M6,
	ATI FireGL Mobility 9000 (M9), ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 (M9),
	ATI Radeon 9700 Pro, ATI Radeon 9700/9500Pro, ATI FireGL X1,
	ATI Radeon 9800PRO, ATI Radeon 9800XT,
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9600/9700 (M10/M11),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 (M10), ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 (M11),
	ATI FireGL Mobility T2 (M10), ATI FireGL Mobility T2e (M11),
	ATI Radeon, ATI FireGL 8700/8800, ATI Radeon 8500, ATI Radeon 9100,
	ATI Radeon 7500, ATI Radeon VE/7000, ATI ES1000,
	ATI Radeon Mobility X300 (M22), ATI Radeon Mobility X600 SE (M24C),
	ATI FireGL M22 GL, ATI Radeon X800 (R423), ATI Radeon X800PRO (R423),
	ATI Radeon X800LE (R423), ATI Radeon X800SE (R423),
	ATI Radeon X800 XTP (R430), ATI Radeon X800 XL (R430),
	ATI Radeon X800 SE (R430), ATI Radeon X800 (R430),
	ATI FireGL V7100 (R423), ATI FireGL V5100 (R423),
	ATI FireGL unknown (R423), ATI Mobility FireGL V5000 (M26),
	ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL (M26), ATI Mobility Radeon X700 (M26),
	ATI Radeon X550XTX, ATI Radeon 9100 IGP (A5),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9100 IGP (U3), ATI Radeon XPRESS 200,
	ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M, ATI Radeon 9250, ATI Radeon 9200,
	ATI Radeon 9200SE, ATI FireMV 2200, ATI Radeon X300 (RV370),
	ATI Radeon X600 (RV370), ATI Radeon X550 (RV370),
	ATI FireGL V3100 (RV370), ATI FireMV 2200 PCIE (RV370),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 (M9+), ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT (M28),
	ATI Mobility FireGL V5100 (M28), ATI Mobility Radeon X800 (M28),
	ATI Radeon X850, ATI unknown Radeon / FireGL (R480),
	ATI Radeon X800XT (R423), ATI FireGL V5000 (RV410),
	ATI Radeon X700 XT (RV410), ATI Radeon X700 PRO (RV410),
	ATI Radeon X700 SE (RV410), ATI Radeon X700 (RV410),
	ATI Radeon X1800, ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 XT,
	ATI Mobility Radeon X1800, ATI Mobility FireGL V7200,
	ATI FireGL V7200, ATI FireGL V5300, ATI Mobility FireGL V7100,
	ATI FireGL V7300, ATI FireGL V7350, ATI Radeon X1600, ATI RV505,
	ATI Radeon X1300/X1550, ATI Radeon X1550, ATI M54-GL,
	ATI Mobility Radeon X1400, ATI Radeon X1550 64-bit,
	ATI Mobility Radeon X1300, ATI Radeon X1300, ATI FireGL V3300,
	ATI FireGL V3350, ATI Mobility Radeon X1450,
	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300, ATI Mobility Radeon X1350,
	ATI FireMV 2250, ATI Radeon X1650, ATI Mobility FireGL V5200,
	ATI Mobility Radeon X1600, ATI Radeon X1300 XT/X1600 Pro,
	ATI FireGL V3400, ATI Mobility FireGL V5250,
	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700, ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 XT,
	ATI FireGL V5200, ATI Radeon X2300HD, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300,
	ATI Radeon X1950, ATI Radeon X1900, ATI AMD Stream Processor,
	ATI RV560, ATI Mobility Radeon X1900, ATI Radeon X1950 GT, ATI RV570,
	ATI FireGL V7400, ATI Radeon 9100 PRO IGP,
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 IGP, ATI Radeon X1200, ATI RS740,
	ATI RS740M, ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro,
	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT, ATI FireGL V8650, ATI FireGL V8600,
	ATI FireGL V7600, ATI Radeon 4800 Series, ATI Radeon HD 4870 x2,
	ATI Radeon HD 4850 x2, ATI FirePro V8750 (FireGL),
	ATI FirePro V7760 (FireGL), ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4850,
	ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4850 X2, ATI FirePro RV770,
	AMD FireStream 9270, AMD FireStream 9250, ATI FirePro V8700 (FireGL),
	ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4870, ATI Mobility RADEON M98,
	ATI FirePro M7750, ATI M98, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650,
	ATI Radeon RV730 (AGP), ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670,
	ATI FirePro M5750, ATI RV730XT [Radeon HD 4670], ATI RADEON E4600,
	ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series, ATI RV730 PRO [Radeon HD 4650],
	ATI FirePro V7750 (FireGL), ATI FirePro V5700 (FireGL),
	ATI FirePro V3750 (FireGL), ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850, ATI FirePro M7740, ATI RV740,
	ATI Radeon HD 4770, ATI Radeon HD 4700 Series, ATI RV610,
	ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro,
	ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO AGP, ATI FireGL V4000, ATI Radeon HD 2350,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400,
	ATI RADEON E2400, ATI FireMV 2260, ATI RV670, ATI Radeon HD3870,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850, ATI Radeon HD3850,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2, ATI Radeon HD3870 X2,
	ATI FireGL V7700, ATI Radeon HD3690, AMD Firestream 9170,
	ATI Radeon HD 4550, ATI Radeon RV710, ATI Radeon HD 4350,
	ATI Mobility Radeon 4300 Series, ATI Mobility Radeon 4500 Series,
	ATI FirePro RG220, ATI Mobility Radeon 4330, ATI RV630,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT,
	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro AGP,
	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro, ATI Gemini RV630,
	ATI Gemini Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT, ATI FireGL V5600,
	ATI FireGL V3600, ATI Radeon HD 2600 LE,
	ATI Mobility FireGL Graphics Processor, ATI Radeon HD 3470,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series,
	ATI Radeon HD 3450, ATI Radeon HD 3430, ATI FirePro V3700,
	ATI FireMV 2450, ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series, ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP,
	ATI Radeon HD 3600 PRO, ATI Radeon HD 3600 XT,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670,
	ATI Mobility FireGL V5700, ATI Mobility FireGL V5725,
	ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics, ATI Radeon 3100 Graphics,
	ATI Radeon HD 3300 Graphics, ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics, SUMO, SUMO2,
	ATI Radeon HD 4200, ATI Radeon 4100, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200,
	ATI Mobility Radeon 4100, ATI Radeon HD 4290, ATI Radeon HD 4250,
	AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics, AMD Radeon HD 6250 Graphics,
	AMD Radeon HD 6300 Series Graphics,
	AMD Radeon HD 6200 Series Graphics, PALM, CYPRESS,
	ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter, AMD Firestream 9370,
	AMD Firestream 9350, ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series,
	ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series,
	ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series, ATI Radeon HD 6700 Series,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570,
	ATI Radeon HD 5670, ATI Radeon HD 5570, ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series,
	REDWOOD, ATI Mobility Radeon Graphics, CEDAR, ATI FirePro 2270,
	ATI Radeon HD 5450, CAYMAN, AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series,
	AMD Radeon HD 6900M Series, Mobility Radeon HD 6000 Series, BARTS,
	AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series, AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series, TURKS, CAICOS,
	ARUBA, TAHITI, PITCAIRN, VERDE, OLAND, HAINAN, BONAIRE, KABINI,
	MULLINS, KAVERI, HAWAII
[    35.549] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[    35.549] (II) scfb: driver for wsdisplay framebuffer: scfb
[    35.549] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[    35.549] (--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0)
[    35.549] (++) using VT number 9

[    37.221] (II) [KMS] Kernel modesetting enabled.
[    37.221] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[    37.221] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for scfb
[    37.221] scfb trace: probe start
[    37.221] scfb trace: probe done
[    37.221] (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card support
[    37.269] (II) RADEON(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
	"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[    37.269] (==) RADEON(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[    37.269] (II) RADEON(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)
[    37.269] (==) RADEON(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[    37.269] (==) RADEON(0): RGB weight 888
[    37.269] (II) RADEON(0): Using 8 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC)
[    37.269] (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200" (ChipID = 0x9712)
[    37.269] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[    37.269] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[    37.269] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[    37.458] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    37.458] 	compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    37.458] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    37.458] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[    37.458] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    37.458] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[    39.541] (II) Loading sub module "glamoregl"
[    39.541] (II) LoadModule: "glamoregl"
[    39.541] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so
[    39.610] (II) Module glamoregl: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    39.610] 	compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    39.610] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    39.610] (II) glamor: OpenGL accelerated X.org driver based.
[    39.642] (II) glamor: EGL version 1.4 (DRI2):
[    39.714] (II) RADEON(0): glamor detected, initialising EGL layer.
[    39.714] (II) RADEON(0): KMS Color Tiling: enabled
[    39.714] (II) RADEON(0): KMS Color Tiling 2D: enabled
[    39.714] (==) RADEON(0): TearFree property default: auto
[    39.714] (II) RADEON(0): KMS Pageflipping: enabled
[    39.720] (II) RADEON(0): Output VGA-0 has no monitor section
[    39.721] (II) RADEON(0): Output LVDS has no monitor section
[    39.727] (II) RADEON(0): EDID for output VGA-0
[    39.727] (II) RADEON(0): EDID for output LVDS
[    39.727] (II) RADEON(0): Manufacturer: LGD  Model: 230  Serial#: 0
[    39.727] (II) RADEON(0): Year: 2009  Week: 0
[    39.727] (II) RADEON(0): EDID Version: 1.3
[    39.727] (II) RADEON(0): Digital Display Input
[    39.727] (II) RADEON(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 34  vert.: 19
[    39.727] (II) RADEON(0): Gamma: 2.20
[    39.727] (II) RADEON(0): No DPMS capabilities specified
[    39.727] (II) RADEON(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4 YCrCb 4:4:4 
[    39.727] (II) RADEON(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): redX: 0.622 redY: 0.365   greenX: 0.340 greenY: 0.607
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): blueX: 0.145 blueY: 0.100   whiteX: 0.313 whiteY: 0.329
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): Supported detailed timing:
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): clock: 72.3 MHz   Image Size:  344 x 194 mm
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): h_active: 1366  h_sync: 1414  h_sync_end 1446 h_blank_end 1526 h_border: 0
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): v_active: 768  v_sync: 771  v_sync_end 776 v_blanking: 790 v_border: 0
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0):  LG Display
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): Monitor name: LP156WH2-TLAA
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): EDID (in hex):
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): 	00ffffffffffff0030e4300200000000
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): 	00130103802213780a62259f5d579b25
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): 	19505400000001010101010101010101
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): 	0101010101013e1c56a0500016303020
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): 	350058c2100000190000000000000000
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): 	00000000000000000000000000fe004c
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): 	4720446973706c61790a2020000000fc
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): 	004c503135365748322d544c41410038
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): Printing probed modes for output LVDS
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1366x768"x60.0   72.30  1366 1414 1446 1526  768 771 776 790 -hsync -vsync (47.4 kHz eP)
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1280x720"x59.9   74.50  1280 1344 1472 1664  720 723 728 748 -hsync +vsync (44.8 kHz)
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1152x768"x59.8   71.75  1152 1216 1328 1504  768 771 781 798 -hsync +vsync (47.7 kHz)
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1024x768"x59.9   63.50  1024 1072 1176 1328  768 771 775 798 -hsync +vsync (47.8 kHz)
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "800x600"x59.9   38.25  800 832 912 1024  600 603 607 624 -hsync +vsync (37.4 kHz)
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "848x480"x59.7   31.50  848 872 952 1056  480 483 493 500 -hsync +vsync (29.8 kHz)
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "720x480"x59.7   26.75  720 744 808 896  480 483 493 500 -hsync +vsync (29.9 kHz)
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.4   23.75  640 664 720 800  480 483 487 500 -hsync +vsync (29.7 kHz)
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): Output VGA-0 disconnected
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): Output LVDS connected
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): Output LVDS using initial mode 1366x768 +0+0
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): Using default gamma of (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) unless otherwise stated.
[    39.728] (II) RADEON(0): mem size init: gart size :1fdef000 vram size: s:10000000 visible:fba0000
[    39.728] (==) RADEON(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[    39.728] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[    39.728] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[    39.729] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[    39.729] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[    39.729] (II) Unloading modesetting
[    39.729] (II) UnloadModule: "scfb"
[    39.729] (II) Unloading scfb
[    39.729] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[    39.729] (II) Unloading vesa
[    39.729] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[    39.729] (II) RADEON(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[    39.729] (II) RADEON(0): [DRI2]   DRI driver: r600
[    39.729] (II) RADEON(0): [DRI2]   VDPAU driver: r600
[    39.730] (II) RADEON(0): Front buffer size: 4128K
[    39.730] (II) RADEON(0): VRAM usage limit set to 228153K
[    39.742] (II) RADEON(0): SYNC extension fences enabled
[    39.743] (II) RADEON(0): Present extension enabled
[    39.743] (==) RADEON(0): DRI3 enabled
[    39.743] (==) RADEON(0): Backing store enabled
[    39.743] (II) RADEON(0): Direct rendering enabled
[    39.798] (II) RADEON(0): Use GLAMOR acceleration.
[    39.798] (II) RADEON(0): Acceleration enabled
[    39.798] (==) RADEON(0): DPMS enabled
[    39.798] (==) RADEON(0): Silken mouse enabled
[    39.798] (II) RADEON(0): Set up textured video (glamor)
[    39.798] (II) RADEON(0): [XvMC] Associated with GLAMOR Textured Video.
[    39.799] (II) RADEON(0): [XvMC] Extension initialized.
[    39.799] (II) RADEON(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
[    39.800] (--) RandR disabled
[    39.824] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
[    39.824] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context
[    39.824] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context_profile
[    39.824] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_create_context_es{,2}_profile
[    39.824] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_INTEL_swap_event
[    39.824] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control
[    39.824] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
[    39.824] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
[    39.824] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float
[    39.824] (II) AIGLX: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap backed by buffer objects
[    39.828] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized r600
[    39.828] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
[    39.843] (II) RADEON(0): Setting screen physical size to 361 x 203
[    40.105] failed to add FB for modeset
[    40.105] (WW) RADEON(0): Failed to set mode on CRTC 0
[    41.061] (EE) RADEON(0): Failed to enable any CRTC
[    41.291] (II) Using input driver 'vmmouse' for 'Mouse0'
[    41.291] (**) Option "CorePointer" "on"
[    41.291] (**) Mouse0: always reports core events
[    41.291] (EE) VMWARE(0): vmmouse enable failed
[    41.291] (II) LoadModule: "mouse"
[    41.291] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so
[    41.315] (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    41.315] 	compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 1.9.3
[    41.315] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[    41.315] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 22.1
[    41.315] (II) Using input driver 'mouse' for 'Mouse0'
[    41.315] (**) Option "CorePointer" "on"
[    41.315] (**) Mouse0: always reports core events
[    41.315] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
[    41.315] (==) Mouse0: Protocol: "Auto"
[    41.315] (**) Mouse0: always reports core events
[    41.315] (==) Mouse0: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
[    41.315] (**) Mouse0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[    41.315] (**) Mouse0: Buttons: 5
[    41.315] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE, id 6)
[    41.315] (**) Mouse0: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[    41.315] (**) Mouse0: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[    41.315] (**) Mouse0: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    41.315] (**) Mouse0: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    41.315] (II) Mouse0: SetupAuto: hw.iftype is 4, hw.model is 0
[    41.315] (II) Mouse0: SetupAuto: protocol is SysMouse
[    41.316] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: UNKNOWN, id 7)
[    41.316] (EE) Couldn't init device "Mouse0"
[    41.316] (II) VMWARE(0): VMMouseUnInit
[    41.316] (II) UnloadModule: "vmmouse"
[    41.316] (II) Using input driver 'kbd' for '<default keyboard>'
[    41.316] (**) Option "CoreKeyboard" "on"
[    41.316] (**) <default keyboard>: always reports core events
[    41.316] (**) <default keyboard>: always reports core events
[    41.316] (**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
[    41.316] (**) Option "XkbRules" "base"
[    41.316] (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
[    41.316] (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
[    41.316] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "<default keyboard>" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[    41.341] (II) config/devd: probing input devices...
[    41.342] (II) config/devd: adding input device (null) (/dev/kbdmux)
[    41.342] (II) AutoAddDevices is off - not adding device.
[    41.342] (II) config/devd: kbdmux is enabled, ignoring device atkbd0
[    41.342] (II) config/devd: adding input device (null) (/dev/sysmouse)
[    41.342] (II) AutoAddDevices is off - not adding device.
[    41.342] (II) config/devd: device /dev/psm0 already opened
[    44.163] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
[    73.138] (II) config/devd: ignoring device umass1
[   850.599] (II) config/devd: ignoring device umass1
[   927.288] (II) config/devd: ignoring device umass1
[  1335.075] (II) config/devd: ignoring device umass1
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Re: Fresh Install GhostBSD 18.12 fails to start X due to drm problem

Post by NevilleGoddard »

Seems to be a bug. But there may be a workaround.

Is the amdgpu.ko module loaded?

[ 41.061] (EE) RADEON(0): Failed to enable any CRTC

Seems to be the problem. Install the drm-next-kmod package.

#pkg ins drm-next-kmod

then try
#kldload amdgpu.ko

then start as normal user

startx

and see what happens.

Good luck!
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Re: Fresh Install GhostBSD 18.12 fails to start X due to drm problem

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drm-next- kmod is installed
loading the amdgpu module gives the following error :

module_register : cannot register drmn from drm.ko; already loaded from drm2.ko
...
KLD amdgpu.ko: depends on drmn - not available or version mismatch
linker_loader_file: /boot/modules/amdgpu.ko - unsupported file type
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Re: Fresh Install GhostBSD 18.12 fails to start X due to drm problem

Post by NevilleGoddard »

It looks like you may have to use the ati drivers.

Try this
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_ ... ?id=232499
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Re: Fresh Install GhostBSD 18.12 fails to start X due to drm problem

Post by strider »

NevilleGoddard,
reading through the bugzilla bug, I indeed have the impression I'm in the same situation.

What is ironic about all this, is that I choose GhostBSD to install (instead of FreeBSD) on this laptop so that I did not need to tweak too much anymore. Wireless drivers, network configuration, graphics card configuration is done for you.
This turned out a little different ...

Now I have some knowledge of FreeBSD (did a few VirtualBox installs in the past and two real installs) but I'm far from an expert.
Could you tell me how I de-install the radeon drivers and replace them by the ati drivers ?
A link to a web page is also welcome (FreeBSD graphics Wiki ?).
Also openrc is quite new to me.
I noticed the xconfig service crashed. I do not have an xorg.conf so I assume the graphics card is detected automatically by Xorg ?

Thanks in advance for any help.
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Re: Fresh Install GhostBSD 18.12 fails to start X due to drm problem

Post by NevilleGoddard »

No worries. I started using GhostBSD for the same reason as you. FWIW I have a Radeon card that is set up automatically on install.
Even Linux distros have trouble with this card for some reason.
Try first checking if the packages are installed:

#pkg info xf86-video-ati

if you get the message like "No package(s) matching.....

it's probably not installed

if not already installed, install it

#pkg ins xf86-video-ati

then try

#kldunload amdgpu (Just to make sure)
#kldunload radeonkms.ko

put yourself in the video group

#pw groupmod video -m yourusernamehere

then try startx as normal user

If that doesn't work, try deleting the drm-next-kmod package and try again.

if that doesn't work try an xorg file

To set the Radeon driver in a configuration file:
Example 5.2. Select Radeon Video Driver in a File

/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/driver-radeon.conf

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "radeon"
EndSection

if it still doesn't work, try the ati driver and edit the above file so it looks like this:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "ati"
EndSection

Always check the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file after each change you make for hints on how to fix the problem. /var/log/messages also may give you some hints.

It's strange to me. Your card should just work.
I hope this helps. Sorry for the trouble.
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Re: Fresh Install GhostBSD 18.12 fails to start X due to drm problem

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By the way, do you have dual graphics cards in your laptop?
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Re: Fresh Install GhostBSD 18.12 fails to start X due to drm problem

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The laptop is a toshiba C650D-11J from 2010 with a single core AMD V120 processor and a separate HD4250 graphics card (shared memory).
So no dual graphics.
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