Re: No HDMI output on Lenovo V145, NetBSD 8.0

On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 09:03:07AM +0530, Mayuresh wrote: > BTW in pkgsrc I see last commit of 14 Nov 19. I do not know whether that > would be into the base. May be will try pkg x11 as a last resort. While that is still building `lubuntu' worked pretty well (touchpad, hdmi, not tried wifi). May

Re: No HDMI output on Lenovo V145, NetBSD 8.0

On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 08:52:03AM +0530, Mayuresh wrote: > This is using base X11 of 9.0RC1. So I think that should be recent enough > and there should be no need to try pkg X11 separately. BTW in pkgsrc I see last commit of 14 Nov 19. I do not know whether that would be into the base. May be

Re: No HDMI output on Lenovo V145, NetBSD 8.0

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 11:52:38AM -0600, Greg Oster wrote: > You might want to try x11/xf86-video-amdgpu and see how far you get > with that Ok. I installed 9.0RC1. Touchpad is still not working. If I do X -configure it does set the driver to amdgpu, but that config file doesn't work.

Re: No HDMI output on Lenovo V145, NetBSD 8.0

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 11:52:38AM -0600, Greg Oster wrote: > You might want to try x11/xf86-video-amdgpu and see how far you get > with that Ok. Is there a way to know whether that is included in the base X11 and force X11 to use that? Otherwise I'll try pkg's, but how to ensure that X11

Re: [netbsd-users] About using NetBSD as a guest, why, how etc.

On Wed, 11 Dec 2019, at 09:33, Rhialto wrote: > On Tue 10 Dec 2019 at 18:39:00 +1100, Malcolm Herbert wrote: > > is doing a manual from-scratch install from the command-line > > documented anywhere? : : > But you can try another approach: you can have sysinst create a shell > script which contains

Re: [netbsd-users] About using NetBSD as a guest, why, how etc.

On Tue 10 Dec 2019 at 18:39:00 +1100, Malcolm Herbert wrote: > is doing a manual from-scratch install from the command-line > documented anywhere? I think it probably is in several places (the broad outlines are a) partition disk b) newfs file system(s) c) install bootblocks d) extract all tar

Re: No HDMI output on Lenovo V145, NetBSD 8.0

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 09:09:02PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote: > > Touchpad worked on debian though. > It may work in -9 too, at least there is a better chance because support for clickpads was added along with some other improvements. No guarantees though... touchpads are... touchy. -- Brett

Re: No HDMI output on Lenovo V145, NetBSD 8.0

On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 22:00:33 +0530 Mayuresh wrote: > On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 10:14:52AM -0600, Greg Oster wrote: > > Does your machine have the optional AMD graphics? That is, are > > there two different graphics chipsets in the machine? > > dmesg shows this, Radeon I guess is on chip GPU.

Re: No HDMI output on Lenovo V145, NetBSD 8.0

Date:Tue, 10 Dec 2019 22:00:33 +0530 From:Mayuresh Message-ID: <20191210163033.GA1374@localhost> | So, I guess, what you are suggesting might be the case. Not very likely, More likely with a very new laptop is that it is a very new graphics set which our

Re: Old BPB too big, use -f

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 02:19:10PM +0100, Hauke Fath wrote: > I tried setting up a gpt/gpt raid1 from sysinst a few weeks ago, and it > dumped core pretty quickly. Is this a known issue? No - how did you do it? (Just a rough sketch of the process should be enough to reproduce it). Martin

Re: No HDMI output on Lenovo V145, NetBSD 8.0

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 10:14:52AM -0600, Greg Oster wrote: > Does your machine have the optional AMD graphics? That is, are there > two different graphics chipsets in the machine? dmesg shows this, Radeon I guess is on chip GPU. cpu0: AMD A6-9225 RADEON R4, 5 COMPUTE CORES 2C+3G , id

Re: No HDMI output on Lenovo V145, NetBSD 8.0

On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 21:09:02 +0530 Mayuresh wrote: > On Mon, Dec 09, 2019 at 06:55:19PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote: > > Now I have another lenovo laptop[1] that boots fine using the same > > stick but for HDMI not showing any output. > > Somehow I took it for granted that it would work on Linux.

Re: No HDMI output on Lenovo V145, NetBSD 8.0

On Mon, Dec 09, 2019 at 06:55:19PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote: > Now I have another lenovo laptop[1] that boots fine using the same stick > but for HDMI not showing any output. Somehow I took it for granted that it would work on Linux. After wasting hours installing debian and trying tweaks it turns

Re: Old BPB too big, use -f

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 05:10:35PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote: > On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 12:26:35PM +0100, Martin Husemann wrote: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rwd0a bs=1m count=20 > > Thanks. But the same error after that. I happened to install debian Linux while trying out many things. Afterwards I

Re: Old BPB too big, use -f

On 2019-12-10 12:40, Mayuresh wrote: 9.0RC1 installer has feel of bugs, it occasionally ends in segmentation violation also - no precise description for PR, I think it was when trying to edit MBR partition sizes. I tried setting up a gpt/gpt raid1 from sysinst a few weeks ago, and it dumped

Re: No HDMI output on Lenovo V145, NetBSD 8.0

Date:Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:43:10 +0530 From:Mayuresh Message-ID: <20191210101310.GA3953@localhost> | I'll give this option a try. Hope my -8 packages would also work after | replacing just the kernel. They should, but while that might improve things (the kernel

Re: No HDMI output on Lenovo V145, NetBSD 8.0

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 12:55:18PM +0100, Leonardo Taccari wrote: > Which installer? The (USB) .img uses GENERIC kernel while the .iso > will uses INSTALL kernel IIRC. Taken from here, guess it means already GENERIC

Re: No HDMI output on Lenovo V145, NetBSD 8.0

Mayuresh writes: > [...] > I don't know whether it is related, but videos aren't playing well. They > are choppy and mpv says: > > Audio/Video desynchronisation detected! Possible reasons include too slow > hardware, temporary CPU spikes, broken drivers, and broken files > [...] Probably that's

Re: No HDMI output on Lenovo V145, NetBSD 8.0

Mayuresh writes: > On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 08:50:10AM +0100, Hauke Fath wrote: > > At this point, I would recommend giving netbsd-9 a spin, which is late in > > its release cycle and, if anything, more stable than -8. > > At least the installer of 9.0RC1 does not show anything on hdmi. I do not >

Re: No HDMI output on Lenovo V145, NetBSD 8.0

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 08:50:10AM +0100, Hauke Fath wrote: > At this point, I would recommend giving netbsd-9 a spin, which is late in > its release cycle and, if anything, more stable than -8. At least the installer of 9.0RC1 does not show anything on hdmi. I do not know whether I should

Re: Old BPB too big, use -f

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 12:26:35PM +0100, Martin Husemann wrote: > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rwd0a bs=1m count=20 Thanks. But the same error after that. 9.0RC1 installer has feel of bugs, it occasionally ends in segmentation violation also - no precise description for PR, I think it was when

Re: Old BPB too big, use -f

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 04:53:40PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote: > Looks like this is discussed before, but I am unclear about how to go > about it when one comes across this problem. > > https://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2015/01/22/msg026532.html > > It's a new laptop with no other OS or

Old BPB too big, use -f

Looks like this is discussed before, but I am unclear about how to go about it when one comes across this problem. https://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2015/01/22/msg026532.html It's a new laptop with no other OS or data to preserve. What is it that -f will do that I need to worry about

Re: About using NetBSD as a guest, why, how etc.

Am Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2019, 08:24:10 CET schrieb Mayuresh: > To solve all these, could I make NetBSD a guest and what are some good > options? At least on "headless" machines, Xen + NetBSD (Xen+NetBSD dom0 + NetBSD domU - with PV or PHVM) is a really nice and performant couple, but takes bit

Re: No HDMI output on Lenovo V145, NetBSD 8.0

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 08:50:10AM +0100, Hauke Fath wrote: > . And if you don't > want to upgrade your installation right away, you can always just install a > kernel (plus kernel modules, these days, unless you go with a MONOLITHIC >

Re: About using NetBSD as a guest, why, how etc.

On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 at 09:17, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 at 07:24, Mayuresh wrote: > > > > Considering this because I got a new hardware on which a few things don't > > work on NetBSD (1. wifi: can live with using mobile with tethering; 2. > > touchpad: I anyway prefer normal

Re: About using NetBSD as a guest, why, how etc.

On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 at 07:24, Mayuresh wrote: > > Considering this because I got a new hardware on which a few things don't > work on NetBSD (1. wifi: can live with using mobile with tethering; 2. > touchpad: I anyway prefer normal mouse and use that also very less, so ok; > 3. hdmi: that's a

Re: About using NetBSD as a guest, why, how etc.

On 2019-12-09 23:24, Mayuresh wrote: Considering this because I got a new hardware on which a few things don't work on NetBSD (1. wifi: can live with using mobile with tethering; 2. touchpad: I anyway prefer normal mouse and use that also very less, so ok; 3. hdmi: that's a deal breaker as I