According to Xorg.log, this is the chip: [ 53.369] (II) intel(0): SNA initialized with Baytrail (gen7) backend
Just in case there are some helpful information, these are all the lines from the intel driver: [ 53.319] (II) intel(0): Using Kernel Mode Setting driver: i915, version 1.6.0 20200114 [ 53.322] (--) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) HD Graphics [ 53.322] (--) intel(0): CPU: x86-64, sse2, sse3, ssse3, sse4.1, sse4.2; using a maximum of 2 threads [ 53.322] (II) intel(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section [ 53.322] (==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 [ 53.322] (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888 [ 53.322] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor [ 53.338] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 has no monitor section [ 53.340] (II) intel(0): Enabled output VGA1 [ 53.340] (II) intel(0): Output DP1 has no monitor section [ 53.340] (II) intel(0): Enabled output DP1 [ 53.340] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI1 has no monitor section [ 53.340] (II) intel(0): Enabled output HDMI1 [ 53.340] (--) intel(0): Using a maximum size of 256x256 for hardware cursors [ 53.340] (II) intel(0): Output VIRTUAL1 has no monitor section [ 53.340] (II) intel(0): Enabled output VIRTUAL1 [ 53.340] (--) intel(0): Output VGA1 using initial mode 1280x1024 on pipe 0 [ 53.340] (==) intel(0): TearFree enabled [ 53.340] (==) intel(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) [ 53.340] (==) intel(0): DPI set to (96, 96) [ 53.369] (II) intel(0): SNA initialized with Baytrail (gen7) backend [ 53.369] (==) intel(0): Backing store enabled [ 53.369] (==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled [ 53.372] (II) intel(0): HW Cursor enabled [ 53.389] (==) intel(0): DPMS enabled [ 53.398] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete [ 53.398] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] DRI driver: i965 [ 53.398] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: va_gl [ 53.398] (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 enabled [ 53.691] (II) intel(0): switch to mode 1280x1024@60.0 on VGA1 using pipe 0, position (0, 0), rotation normal, reflection none [ 53.699] (II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 338 x 270 On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 10:01 PM Mike Pumford <mpumf...@mudcovered.org.uk> wrote: > > > On 08/02/2024 16:08, Jörn Clausen wrote: > > Hello! > > > > For the last RCs, I've tested the live image for amd64 on my desktop > > machine, that has been running 9.x with X for years now. Whenever I > > start X11, either via "startx" or "/etc/rc.d/xdm onestart", the display > > gets unusable. I see fragments of ctwm and an Xterm in the first case, > > and parts of the login display in the second, but the sessions are > > otherwise broken. > > > > Is this expected behaviour with the live image, or should the correct > > configuration get picked up? I see no warning in the Xorg.log, > > everything seems to get detected fine. Please let me know if someone > > needs debug information beyond the following: > > > > The CPU is > > > > cpu0: "Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J1900 @ 1.99GHz" > > cpu0: Intel Atom E3000, Z3[67]00 (686-class), 2000.22 MHz > > cpu0: family 0x6 model 0x37 stepping 0x8 (id 0x30678) > > > > These are some parts from the messages log: > > > > [ 5.009976] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 > (21.10.2013). > > [ 5.009976] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query. > > [ 5.009976] i915drmkms0: interrupting at msi4 vec 0 (i915drmkms0) > > [ 5.079724] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20200114 for i915drmkms0 on > > minor 0 > > [ 5.099724] intelfb0 at i915drmkms0 > > [ 5.099724] [drm] DRM_I915_DEBUG enabled > > [ 5.099724] [drm] DRM_I915_DEBUG_GEM enabled > > [ 5.099724] intelfb0: framebuffer at 0xc0020000, size 1280x1024, > > depth 32, stride 5120 > > > I had a similar problem but the fix that resolved it for me went in just > before RC3 so RC4 should have it. > > However I do know it didn't fix the issue for everyone as it depends > just exactly what Intel display chip you have. If you can grap the > /var/log/Xorg.log output that often identifies the chip. Mine for > example says: > > [361580.187] (II) intel(0): SNA initialized with Haswell (gen7.5, gt2) > backend > > This is with the intel driver. The modesetting driver which is the > alternative is less helpful in this respect. > > Mike > -- Joern Clausen https://www.oe-files.de/photography/