Hey everyone I have an update on pkgbase development.
KDE Plasma Desktop version 6.4.5.25.08.1
References
FreeBSD Handbook - X Window System LinuxKPI,
drm-mod,
pciconf(8),
vt(4),
Xorg(1),
xorg.conf(5),
KDE/FreeBSD initiative
I can confirm my Dell Precision mobile workstation has to be manually programmed to map its GPU and required GPU drivers correctly to:
1. Detect applicable gpu devices including required gpu drivers, firmware, and kernel modules.
2. Scale correctly to screen’s resolution without a black screen.
3. Launch KDE Plasma Desktop directly from the terminal.
It’s a frame buffering issue that causes segmentation violations.
So I am running the Wayland compositor with the traditional X11 backend. I have been able to reproduce this bug consistently so far but most importantly how to map out my gpu correctly. My settings are set at
sh:
/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
To reproduce a programmable solution to confirm my machine is working correctly I manually load gpu’s from base system to test my settings
sh:
sudo kldload i915kms # replace with your specific gpu
For future readers in the community I recommend following the handbook and official community resources if you are unsure.