First install

[David Crosswell]

On 21/8/25 17:05, karu.pruun wrote:
> Hello


Hullo,


>
> Both the Intel (i915) and Radeon (radeon), and also AMD (amdgpu)
> graphics drivers are in the source tree and have been automatically
> built as modules which reside in /boot/kernel:
>
> /boot/kernel/i915.ko
> /boot/kernel/radeon.ko
> /boot/kernel/amdgpu.ko
>
> After having booted the system, you can load them at command line:
>
> % sudo kldload i915
>
> and if this succeeds, put this line in /etc/rc.conf to load at boot:
>
> ---/etc/rc.conf---
> i915_load="YES"
> --- ---


Yes, a couple of people contacted me regarding it all, and I'm 
reinstalling tonight, and should be on top of things.

Thanking you.

>
> The main question is, does the driver support your particular GPU?
> There's been quite a bit of work done recently to upgrade the graphics
> stack, both the drivers and the drm subsystem, but there is still work
> to do.
>
> Best
>
> Peeter
>
> --
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 5:17 AM David <curmudgeon at telaman.net.au> wrote:
>> Hullo,
>>
>> Currently committing the above crime.
>> The install went well on a basic Dell Optiplex 980 desktop.
>> Installed pkg and xorg, but have come up against a wall with regard to a
>> graphics driver.
>> It's an intel system, but installing drm-kmod doesn't work.
>> What's the case with Dragonfly?
>> Thanks for any time and trouble.
>> Cheers!

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