Bug 253159
| Summary: | Display issue on HP Laptop: Can't boot with any FreeBSD | ||
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| Product: | Base System | Reporter: | nRfEuty7vZzG <pioruns2020> |
| Component: | kern | Assignee: | freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs> |
| Status: | Open --- | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | CC: | danfe, rodrigo |
| Priority: | --- | ||
| Version: | Unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | amd64 | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
Hi, You have an issue with the graphic drivers, not the FreeBSD base system itself. I suggest you to install a standalone (vanilla) FreeBSD [1], and based on that install Xorg, a GUI and try to find the appropriate configuration for your video cards[2]. There is some extra information about radeon drivers here: => https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics Also, don't hesitate to post a question on the FreeBSD forums[3], it's probably a better starting point for your problem. [1] https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/ [2] https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/x11/#x-install [3] https://forums.freebsd.org/ Thank you. I wanted to boot any FreeBSD based system first in LiveCD mode before installing in in my laptop, because something else may not be working etc. Is there anything I can do specifically to get any FreeBSD booted in GUI mode, without installing it? (In reply to nRfEuty7vZzG from comment #0) > Hardware is HP Probook, AMD A8-4500M APU with 8GB RAM. I've also had a similar laptop model with A8-5550M and FreeBSD worked more or less fine on it. I've described my experience on our wiki: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Laptops/HP_ProBook_645_G1 > it's only text console with garbled screen where nothing can be read, it's > just all messed up, instead of text it's all messed up pixels [...] I think > this has something to go with display screen resolution. You're right, it's a known problem with HP laptops, native 1366×768 resolution probably won't work. Try 1024×768 instead by dropping to the loader prompt or putting "gop set 2" line into /boot/loader.rc.local file (note that it might not work with Lua-based loader(8) per bug #235040). |
Hi all, I've tried 3 FreeBSD based distributions on my laptop. Unfortunately, it doesn't even boot on it, causing CPU to hang completely (I can tell be slowly blinking Caps which indicates CPU freeze), requiring physical power off and power on again. I've tried all available safe mode and other options. Sometimes, it doesn't lock up, but it never goes further than initial boot menu, after that it's only text console with garbled screen where nothing can be read, it's just all messed up, instead of text it's all messed up pixels in inclined bunches where text lines supposed to be. I think this has something to go with display screen resolution. I have 1366x768 LCD. I remember once wanted to have higher resolution in Linux GRUB and result was the same, garbled inclined lines and nothing readable. Hardware is HP Probook, AMD A8-4500M APU with 8GB RAM. GPU is called Radeon HD 7640G (I think it's embedded in this CPU). On Linux, everything is working out of the box. Solution: add some safe mode with fixed resolution of 640x480 or something, or fix underlying problem with display resolution. Distros tested: NomadBSD 1.4-RC1 amd64 (based on FreeBSD 12.2) GhostBSD 21.01.20 amd64 (based on development branch of FreeBSD) MidnightBSD 2.0.3 amd64 (based on FreeBSD 11) HW details: Machine: Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP ProBook 4545s v: A1019D1103 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 17EA v: KBC Version 54.20 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Hewlett-Packard v: 68CPD Ver. F.68 date: 03/28/2018 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 20.8 Wh condition: 21.3/21.3 Wh (100%) CPU: Info: Quad Core model: AMD A8-4500M APU with Radeon HD Graphics bits: 64 type: MCP L2 cache: 2 MiB Speed: 1383 MHz min/max: 1400/1900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1383 2: 1387 3: 1384 4: 1382 Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Trinity [Radeon HD 7640G] driver: radeon v: kernel Device-2: Primax HP HD Webcam [Fixed] type: USB driver: uvcvideo Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 driver: loaded: ati,radeon unloaded: modesetting resolution: 1: 1366x768~60Hz 2: 1920x1080~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: AMD ARUBA (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.10.7-3-MANJARO LLVM 11.0.1) v: 4.3 Mesa 20.3.3