I’m trying to get my laptop’s graphics working properly on FreeBSD 14.2.
Specs for hp Pavilion g6-2303st:
Problem:
What I’ve tried:
What I need help with:
Thanks in advance.
Specs for hp Pavilion g6-2303st:
- CPU: i5-3230M (3rd Gen Intel)
- GPU: Radeon HD 7670M (Thames) + Intel HD 4000 iGPU (switchable graphics)
- Filesystem: [UFS]
Code:
vgapci1@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 rev=0x09 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x0166 subvendor=0x103c subdevice=0x1842
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller'
class = display
subclass = VGA
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vgapci0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x030000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x1002 device=0x6840 subvendor=0x103c subdevice=0x1842
vendor = 'Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]'
device = 'Thames [Radeon HD 7500M/7600M Series]'
class = display
subclass = VGA
Problem:
- When I try to use radeonkms (for the AMD GPU) on Wayland or Xorg, the system kernel panics on startx.
- LLVMpipe works, but obviously CPU rendering is slow.
- I want hardware acceleration on Wayland for general desktop use.
What I’ve tried:
- Loading radeonkms_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf → panic when
startx - Fallback to i915kms for Intel → says it works fine but apparently wayland and x11 uses llvmpipe for KDE plasma 6?
What I need help with:
- Safe way to use switchable graphics on FreeBSD 14.2 (Intel + AMD)
- Avoid kernel panics when using Radeon GPU
- Best Wayland setup for hybrid graphics laptops
Thanks in advance.