Hey everyone!
I have been struggling to get FreeBSD running on my Thinkpad T430 (which I have done in the past; I just don't remember how). I have since then formatted and have a new hard drive in.
I have spent the last 72 hours re-installing versions ranging from 12.1 - 13.0 CURRENT (which is what I have installed now; FreeBSD 13.0).
What has been happening:
After installing the system; building/making world/kernel, etc. I install xorg, (my old directions in my notebook showed to install "drm-kmod") -- which isn't working anymore. lxde-meta dbus_enable ... basically following the instructions here. (lxde Install guide).
Then once I am finished; I go to login and startx and get a solid black screen. I don't remember how I remedied it before. I had lxde running on this very laptop; possibly 12.2. I truly thought it was 13.0-CURRENT, though. I believe I am wrong now, though.
What is happening now: (Current Install)
I have successfully
/usr/ports/graphics/drm-kmod # make install clean "drm-kmod-g20190710_1 not supported on older 13, no kernel support. Error code 1 Stop"
I did an online search and found the package "drm-fbsd13-kmod" in /usr/ports/graphics/drm-fbsd13-kmod and ran "make install clean" to get the following error:
"drm-fbsd13-kmod-5.4.144.g20220223 only supported on FreeBSD 13.. Error Code 1"
I double checked I didn't lose it completely with "freebsd-version" and I get the following "13.0-CURRENT"
Before I proceed to /usr/ports/x11/lxde-meta/ and "make install clean" ; edit the rc.conf & create the .xinitrc for startx for my username; How do I remedy the "drm-kmod" ?
I'm stumped! I don't want to go to 12.2 if that's the version that worked for me last time. That's the only version I haven't tried and I know it's not supported or Current.
Please advise! Thank you all!
*** UPDATE ***
04/02/2022 @ Approx. 23:57:
I attempted to "make install clean" /usr/ports/x11/lxde-meta (which took a very long time before coming to a make error) -- several hours. (5 or so, maybe).
I then attempted "pkg install lxde-meta" which prompted a kernel mismatch and an override request; I did this not knowing any other way to fix this.
The lxde-meta installled successfully.
I then edited the /etc/rc.conf and added:
Line Append #1: kld_list="/boot/modules/i915kms.ko"
Line Append #2: dbus_enable="YES"
I then edited /usr/home/brandon/.xinitrc:
Line #1: ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session startlxde
Line #2: exec startlxde
I then edited /etc/fstab:
Appended Line: proc /proc procfs rw 0 0
Restarted; Logged in as brandon & executed "startx" to a pleasant starting of LXDE
Thank you everyone... If anyone knows how to fix the kernel mismatch; please let me know, otherwise; I will be checking to see if there is a command to upgrade the kernel!
*** UPDATED ***
@ Approx. 04/03/2022 00:14:
I believe I installed the wrong version; "13.0-CURRENT" from a .img ; rather than the proper 13.0-RELEASE https://download.freebsd.org/releas.../13.0/FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img
A re-installation would be required.
Losing freebsd-update and having a kernel mismatch; (This seems like disaster down the road if I don't remedy this by re-installing).
Coming along...
Thank you everyone for FreeBSD!
Best Regards,
Brandon!
I have been struggling to get FreeBSD running on my Thinkpad T430 (which I have done in the past; I just don't remember how). I have since then formatted and have a new hard drive in.
I have spent the last 72 hours re-installing versions ranging from 12.1 - 13.0 CURRENT (which is what I have installed now; FreeBSD 13.0).
What has been happening:
After installing the system; building/making world/kernel, etc. I install xorg, (my old directions in my notebook showed to install "drm-kmod") -- which isn't working anymore. lxde-meta dbus_enable ... basically following the instructions here. (lxde Install guide).
Then once I am finished; I go to login and startx and get a solid black screen. I don't remember how I remedied it before. I had lxde running on this very laptop; possibly 12.2. I truly thought it was 13.0-CURRENT, though. I believe I am wrong now, though.
What is happening now: (Current Install)
I have successfully
- pkg install nano
- cd /usr/src
- make -j4 buildworld
- make -j4 kernel
- shutdown -r now
- cd /usr/src
- make installworld
- mergemaster -Ui
- shutdown -r now
- cd /usr/ports
- portsnap fetch
- portsnap extract
- cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg
- make install clean (chose "intel" driver) -- I remember this part, I believe. It wasn't default selected.
/usr/ports/graphics/drm-kmod # make install clean "drm-kmod-g20190710_1 not supported on older 13, no kernel support. Error code 1 Stop"
I did an online search and found the package "drm-fbsd13-kmod" in /usr/ports/graphics/drm-fbsd13-kmod and ran "make install clean" to get the following error:
"drm-fbsd13-kmod-5.4.144.g20220223 only supported on FreeBSD 13.. Error Code 1"
I double checked I didn't lose it completely with "freebsd-version" and I get the following "13.0-CURRENT"
Before I proceed to /usr/ports/x11/lxde-meta/ and "make install clean" ; edit the rc.conf & create the .xinitrc for startx for my username; How do I remedy the "drm-kmod" ?
I'm stumped! I don't want to go to 12.2 if that's the version that worked for me last time. That's the only version I haven't tried and I know it's not supported or Current.
Please advise! Thank you all!
*** UPDATE ***
04/02/2022 @ Approx. 23:57:
I attempted to "make install clean" /usr/ports/x11/lxde-meta (which took a very long time before coming to a make error) -- several hours. (5 or so, maybe).
I then attempted "pkg install lxde-meta" which prompted a kernel mismatch and an override request; I did this not knowing any other way to fix this.
The lxde-meta installled successfully.
I then edited the /etc/rc.conf and added:
Line Append #1: kld_list="/boot/modules/i915kms.ko"
Line Append #2: dbus_enable="YES"
I then edited /usr/home/brandon/.xinitrc:
Line #1: ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session startlxde
Line #2: exec startlxde
I then edited /etc/fstab:
Appended Line: proc /proc procfs rw 0 0
Restarted; Logged in as brandon & executed "startx" to a pleasant starting of LXDE
Thank you everyone... If anyone knows how to fix the kernel mismatch; please let me know, otherwise; I will be checking to see if there is a command to upgrade the kernel!
*** UPDATED ***
@ Approx. 04/03/2022 00:14:
I believe I installed the wrong version; "13.0-CURRENT" from a .img ; rather than the proper 13.0-RELEASE https://download.freebsd.org/releas.../13.0/FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img
A re-installation would be required.
Losing freebsd-update and having a kernel mismatch; (This seems like disaster down the road if I don't remedy this by re-installing).
Coming along...
Thank you everyone for FreeBSD!
Best Regards,
Brandon!
