On 9/11/18 7:44 AM, Pete French wrote:> > > On 11/09/2018 14:42, Pete French wrote: >> >>> I think you have to use kld_list="/boot/modules/amdgpu.ko" to get >>> the new one. >> >> >> Will give it a try - I think its unnecessary as the name doesnt >> clash, but worth a go... >> >> -pete. [quick reboot comming up] > > I tired this, it doesnt help - I tink it alway was loading that one - > but I also tried a few other things. Such as removing my ATI driver > from Xorg and adding the amdgpu driver istead. Still no luck > unfortunately. >can you post your dmesg output from when you've set kld_list="/boot/modules/amdgpu.ko"?? also, please verify that your user is in the "video" group.? but from what you've described it sounds like a conflict is popping up between the base amdgpu.ko and the one available in the ports tree. also, please ensure you are booting in "classic" BIOS mode and not UEFI, IIRC there are some issues surrounding amdgpu with UEFI - i don't have that hardware tho so can't elaborate. -p -- Pete Wright pete at nomadlogic.org @nomadlogicLA
> also, please ensure you are booting in "classic" BIOS mode and not > UEFI, IIRC there are some issues surrounding amdgpu with UEFI - i > don't have that hardware tho so can't elaborate.Just to add to this, the conflicts involve kernel mode switching between the scfb driver and the AMD driver. However, there are work arounds for it. And in all honesty, with AMD A10 series CPU, I've actually found it easier to get things working properly in UEFI mode instead of classic / legacy / bios mode. The work around (as I learned from a thread in the x11 mailing lists) involves disabling the system console completely by adding hw.syscons.disable=1 to /boot/loader.conf. Obviously, this is not without some risk. But it does work for me. And I have had no problems at all with radeonkms.ko since doing this. (The only problem I had before adding this was the occasional X server hang where the GPU had to be restarted. But even that problem is gone now.)
> can you post your dmesg output from when you've set > kld_list="/boot/modules/amdgpu.ko"?? also, please verify that your user > is in the "video" group.? but from what you've described it sounds like > a conflict is popping up between the base amdgpu.ko and the one > available in the ports tree. > > also, please ensure you are booting in "classic" BIOS mode and not UEFI, > IIRC there are some issues surrounding amdgpu with UEFI - i don't have > that hardware tho so can't elaborate.Hi,thanks for the reply - am not in front of the machine today so I cant really test unfortunately, but will get you the information as soon as I can. The user is indeed in the 'video' group and the machine is booting using normal BIOS not UEFI though, so all things are "as the should be" regarding setup I think. What drivers should I be using in Xorg for this by the way ? Thats something I cant seem to find anywhere. 'amdgpu' sonds like the right one possibly ? -pete.