Solved newbe on Freebesd [installation problem]

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luca120

Hello to all,

after several year with linux I have decided to install FreeBSD, unfurtunatly from the beginning I have difficulty to install this OS.

in my hads I have a laptop model HP-8540w with Nvidia Quadro 880M, as is possible to see below I have some issue to figure out an image from display.

how can i solve this issue and proceed to install this OS on my laptop?

  • ISO used is memstick version
  • Freebsd loaded 13.0
  • tryed with UEFI boot and MBR boot
  • Changed usb port


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Luca
 
13.1 has a lot of improvements with regards to video (specifically the efifb). The issue with the "squashed" video should be resolved there.
 
1. Make sure that you use CSM/legacy BIOS. Avoid UEFI, because suspend/resume with your graphics chip does not work on UEFI.
2. Make sure that that the Optimus chip (eg Quadro FX 880M) is the primary video chip (if there are any BIOS options in that direction).
3. Avoid the "graphical installer", use the text based installer instead.
4. Maybe try out the Skunk Installer (link in my signature) after you installed the FreeBSD base system, to install the rest without hassles.
 
luca120 said:
… HP-8540w with Nvidia Quadro 880M …
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skunk said:
2. Make sure that that the Optimus chip (eg Quadro FX 880M) is the primary video chip (if there are any BIOS options in that direction).
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I handled an 8540p on a few occasions. Given the ages of these machines, circa 2009, I don't imagine Optimus.

HP's web site for the HP EliteBook 8540w is ambiguous (no surprise), from <https://support.hp.com/gb-en/produc...e-workstation/4096175/document/c02030611#AbT1> it's not clear whether dual GPUs are an option.

Elsewhere, reading between the lines of pages such as <https://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-HP-Elitebook-8540w-Notebook.32440.0.html>, I assume that only one GPU could be chosen at the time of purchase.
 
I've seen a 'squashed' video issue on a win10 computer that had its RAM upgraded - but only on first boot. Subsequent boots did not have that issue.
 
Wao thanks a lot for all thise tips; ), this forum Is very Active, today Is very rear..., let me try with version 13.1

Skunk, Sorry what do you means for >>>Avoid the "graphical installer", use the text based installer instead?

Thanks again

Luca
 
luca120 said:
Skunk, Sorry what do you means for >>>Avoid the "graphical installer", use the text based installer instead?
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The picture you posted in the first post looks like if the dialog is being displayed in graphics video mode instead of text video mode, while the code for text mode is being used.
So I thought of a possible bug in the "Graphical Install" mode that I remember having seen being offered in the very first dialog after booting the FreeBSD CD/DVD.
For this reason I thought of a possible bug in the "Graphical Install" (which I never use) or whatever. I have done countless FreeBSD installations, always in text mode, only once in graphics mode (and did not like it), and so my suggestion.
 
bsduck said:
Never seen this, I only know the regular TUI installer. Was this recently? I'm aware of a new experimental GUI installer being developed but I don't think it's included in official media.
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I have too many things running atm because of moving soon, probably I got confused a bit with what I have seen when doing some FreeBSD installation tests in UEFI mode recently and got that mixed with the Debian installer first screen.

Thank you very much anyway, didn't know of that web installer project, will definitely look at it!
In the end my plan for the Skunk Installer is that it first asks whether remote or local install is desired (via web interface) and in the latter case just autodetects/autoconfigures hardware and runs X+webbrowser with the installer as web page, skipping entirely the clumsy dialog(8) bsdinstall style stuff.
 
suuuper, with version 13.1, all works perfectly, now I have already installed the basic os ;) thanks to all.

now I will try to use skunk's script ;)
 
luca120 said:
below the result ;) thanks ;)
only a question I have, with freebsd is better KDE or GNOME?

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Once you have it going, you can customize it to your preferences. The FreeBSD project makes an effort to have up-to-date KDE packages. GNOME is available in packages/ports, but seems to receive less attention (ports/packages not as up-to-date as KDE's). That being said, either DE will work well. Read the Handbook, and go customize your ass off! :P
 
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