haswell graphics (hd 4600) support?

forgiven_noob · Jan 12, 2020

i am trying to get acceleration with my igpu on my laptop

i cannot seem to get i915 or drm-kmod to cooperate with me, is this gpu not supported?

i am on freebsd 11

T-Daemon · Jan 13, 2020

Try graphics/drm-legacy-kmod.

Graphics/Intel-GPU-Matrix - FreeBSD Wiki

memreflect · Jan 13, 2020

If it's anything like the situation on FreeBSD 12, you may also need to add /boot/modules/drm2.ko before /boot/modules/i915kms.ko in your kld_list entry to override the one installed with the base system:

Thread obsolete-abandonware-drm-legacy-kmod.70344

forgiven_noob · Jan 13, 2020

memreflect said:
If it's anything like the situation on FreeBSD 12, you may also need to add /boot/modules/drm2.ko before /boot/modules/i915kms.ko in your kld_list entry to override the one installed with the base system:

Thread obsolete-abandonware-drm-legacy-kmod.70344

Thanks, I was at a loss because I had already done all that, except I did not know about drm2.

But adding drm2 did the trick, I am using xorg now. Thanks!

bstolk · Jan 31, 2022

Is the i915kms module load still a thing in 2022? Because like OP, I cannot change my VT VGA resolution.


root@bsdbox:/boot/kernel # dmesg | grep vt
vtvga0: <VT VGA driver>
root@bsdbox:/boot/kernel # dmesg | grep kms
root@bsdbox:/boot/kernel # kldload i915kms
kldload: can't load i915kms: No such file or directory

I tried connecting the monitor to Radeon and using the Integrated Intel HD Graphics 4600. Neither gives me the native 1280x768 of my monitor.

Cath O'Deray · Feb 1, 2022

bstolk said:
a thing

Which version of FreeBSD, exactly?

bstolk · Feb 1, 2022

grahamperrin said:
Which version of FreeBSD, exactly?

This was on FreeBSD 13 that I downloaded yesterday.

However, yesterday I replaced my Haswell Motherboard with an Alder Lake motherboard, so will not be running this system anymore.

Cath O'Deray · Feb 1, 2022

Ah, thanks, now I recognise your name from the other topic,

Alder Lake CPU

When I upgraded my system from a 4th gen Intel CPU to a 12th gen Intel CPU, FreeBSD no longer booted. FreeBSD 13 stopped after printing EFI fb information. I tried integrated graphics, and Radeon graphics. Same halting point when booting from installation media, as well. So I tried FreeBSD...

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