Hello to everyone. I'm a new net-bsd user. I'm learning and trying this OS. The first step is to configure correctly the resolution of my screen. On my PC I have 3 graphic cards : 1) 000:02:0: Intel UHD Graphics 630 (VGA display, revision 0x02) 2) 001:00:0: NVIDIA product 1e04 (VGA display, revision 0xa1) : (NVIDIA RTX 2080ti) 3) 002:00:0: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (VGA display, revision 0xa1) Good. On the BIOS I have configured the Intel UHD Graphics 630 as primary GPU device. In addition I have installed XFCE4. The problem that I have is that I can't increase the default resolution that have been chosen automatically,that's 1024x768. Probably I haven't installed the correct driver,I don't know. Below u can see all the hardware specs of my PC : netbsd-marietto# pcictl pci0 list 000:00:0: Intel Xeon E (S, Desktop) Host Bridge, DRAM (host bridge, revision 0x0d) 000:01:0: Intel Core 6G PCIe x16 (PCI bridge, revision 0x0d) 000:01:1: Intel Core 6G PCIe x8 (PCI bridge, revision 0x0d) 000:02:0: Intel UHD Graphics 630 (VGA display, revision 0x02) 000:18:0: Intel 300 Series Thermal (miscellaneous DASP, revision 0x10) 000:20:0: Intel 300 Series USB 3.1 xHCI (USB serial bus, xHCI, revision 0x10) 000:20:2: Intel 300 Series Shared SRAM (RAM memory, revision 0x10) 000:22:0: Intel 300 Series MEI (miscellaneous communications, revision 0x10) 000:23:0: Intel 300 Series SATA (AHCI) desktop (SATA mass storage, AHCI 1.0, revision 0x10) 000:27:0: Intel 300 Series PCIe (PCI bridge, revision 0xf0) 000:28:0: Intel 300 Series PCIe (PCI bridge, revision 0xf0) 000:28:5: Intel 300 Series PCIe (PCI bridge, revision 0xf0) 000:29:0: Intel 300 Series PCIe (PCI bridge, revision 0xf0) 000:31:0: Intel Z390 LPC (ISA bridge, revision 0x10) 000:31:3: Intel 300 Series cAVS (mixed mode multimedia, revision 0x10) 000:31:4: Intel 300 Series SMBus (SMBus serial bus, revision 0x10) 000:31:5: Intel 300 Series SPI (FLASH) (miscellaneous serial bus, revision 0x10) 000:31:6: Intel I219-V Ethernet Connection (ethernet network, revision 0x10) 001:00:0: NVIDIA product 1e04 (VGA display, revision 0xa1) 001:00:1: NVIDIA product 10f7 (mixed mode multimedia, revision 0xa1) 001:00:2: NVIDIA product 1ad6 (USB serial bus, xHCI, revision 0xa1) 001:00:3: NVIDIA product 1ad7 (miscellaneous serial bus, revision 0xa1) 002:00:0: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (VGA display, revision 0xa1) 002:00:1: NVIDIA product 10f1 (mixed mode multimedia, revision 0xa1) 003:00:0: Micron/Crucial Technology product 5403 (Flash mass storage, NVMe, revision 0x03) 005:00:0: Renesas Technologies uPD720201 USB 3.0 Host Controller (USB serial bus, xHCI, revision 0x03) netbsd-marietto# dmesg [ 15.871239] wsdisplay0: screen 1 added (default, vt100 emulation) [ 15.871239] wsdisplay0: screen 2 added (default, vt100 emulation) [ 15.871239] wsdisplay0: screen 3 added (default, vt100 emulation) [ 15.871239] wsdisplay0: screen 4 added (default, vt100 emulation) I've installed this server Xorg : modular-xorg-server-1.20.11 Modular X11 server from modular X.org At the moment I've installed these drivers with the command pkgin install : (please be patient if I made some mistake,I'm experimenting / learning) **intel-vaapi-driver-2.4.0 VA-API user mode driver for Intel GEN Graphics family xf86-video-intel-2.99.917.20200515 Modular Xorg Intel video driver** Probably one some of them shouldn't be installed ? And I'm not using any xorg.conf file because the one that I have generated with the command : Xorg -configure does not work at all,so I have removed it. I mean the one that u see below : https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/9bSCXjnZZm/ Below u can read the Xorg log file : https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/9PnxYmkqxH/ It's all. I would like to understand how to configure correctly my Intel graphic integrated chipset. Very thanks.

marietto It's probably because your GPU is too new. NetBSD 9.x supports Intel GPUs up to and including Kaby Lake, with DRM implementation equal to Linux 4.4. Here's the link for 9.0 Announcement which mentions the DRM version. EDIT: UHD 630 is Coffee Lake and supported in Linux since around 4.13.

marietto The Xorg server is using the NVIDIA RTX 2080ti card: [ 1202.633] (--) PCI: (0@0:2:0) 8086:3e98:1458:d000 rev 2, Mem @ 0x98000000/16777216, 0x40000000/536870912, I/O @ 0x00005000/64 [ 1202.633] (--) PCI:*(1@1:0:0) 10de:1e04:19da:2503 rev 161, Mem @ 0x96000000/16777216, 0x60000000/268435456, 0x94000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00004000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288 [ 1202.633] (--) PCI: (2@2:0:0) 10de:1c02:19da:2438 rev 161, Mem @ 0x92000000/16777216, 0x80000000/268435456, 0x90000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00003000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288 if(window.hljsLoader && !document.currentScript.parentNode.hasAttribute('data-s9e-livepreview-onupdate')) { window.hljsLoader.highlightBlocks(document.currentScript.parentNode); } You can see the * on the 2nd line. However, the nvidia driver fails to initialize the card: [ 1202.649] (EE) [drm] Failed to open DRM device for pci:0001:01:00.0: -19 [ 1202.661] (EE) [drm] Failed to open DRM device for pci:0001:01:00.0: -19 [ 1202.661] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory [ 1202.661] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting [ 1202.661] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory if(window.hljsLoader && !document.currentScript.parentNode.hasAttribute('data-s9e-livepreview-onupdate')) { window.hljsLoader.highlightBlocks(document.currentScript.parentNode); } so, Xorg falls back to the safe option for your HW which is the wsfb driver: [ 1202.661] (II) wsfb(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section "Builtin Default wsfb Screen 0" for depth/fbbpp 24/32 [ 1202.661] (==) wsfb(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32 if(window.hljsLoader && !document.currentScript.parentNode.hasAttribute('data-s9e-livepreview-onupdate')) { window.hljsLoader.highlightBlocks(document.currentScript.parentNode); } and that , since you probably haven't configured it to use a better resolution, defaults to 1024x768. Try: Uninstall modular-xorg and xf86-video-intel --Just use what's in the base install. Re-create the DRM devices. As root: cd /dev sh ./MAKEDEV drm0 drm1 drm2 if(window.hljsLoader && !document.currentScript.parentNode.hasAttribute('data-s9e-livepreview-onupdate')) { window.hljsLoader.highlightBlocks(document.currentScript.parentNode); } Edit /boot.cfg and disable the nouveau drivers by adding this line: userconf=disable nouveau* if(window.hljsLoader && !document.currentScript.parentNode.hasAttribute('data-s9e-livepreview-onupdate')) { window.hljsLoader.highlightBlocks(document.currentScript.parentNode); } Reboot. Post /var/run/dmesg.boot and current Xorg log file if X starts.

I already said this on reddit, but you shouldn't use modular-xorg with the official binary packages. They're built for native X only. Coffee Lake is indeed too new for the DRM/KMS stack in 9, but you should still be able to get the correct resolution with gop+wsfb.

rvp Hello. thanks for your explanation. I would like to know why NetBSD chosen to use the NVIDIA graphic card instead of the Intel UHD 630 as primary choice. I have attached the screen to the HDMI port of the UHD 630,not on the NVIDIA card. And on the BIOS,I have chosen the UHD 630 as primary,not the NVIDIA card. I want to use the UHD 630 as primary graphic card and I want to make the NVIDIA card available to be passed thru with qemu + nvmm. About this : do u know if the pass thru of my graphic card can work on NetBSD ?

marietto I would like to know why NetBSD chosen to use the NVIDIA graphic card instead of the Intel UHD 630 as primary choice. No idea--will have to look at your /var/run/dmesg.boot . Try loading the intel driver explicitly. (Add a BusID to further nail it down.) marietto do u know if the pass thru of my graphic card can work on NetBSD ? No idea. Sorry.

rvp like this ? /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "intel" EndSection

marietto /etc/X11/xorg.conf Location is wrong. Move the wsfb.conf file out of the way and put that fragment, above, in the same dir.

[unknown] I haven't any wsfb.conf file in any place of my disk. can u be more clear about what I should do ? thanks.

I tried the solution below but it didn't work : netbsd-marietto# pkgin install xf86-video-wsfb calculating dependencies...done. 2 packages to install: xf86-video-wsfb-0.4.0nb8 modular-xorg-server-1.20.11 0 to refresh, 0 to upgrade, 2 to install 16K to download, 7861K to install proceed ? [Y/n] y cd /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d nano wsfb.conf Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "intel" EndSection

Did you actually disable nouveau and/or i915drmkms on your boot.cfg as suggested above by @rvp ?

Trying to install the driver for my main GPU,the Intel UHD Graphics 630.(i915)

marietto

so ? is there anything that I can do ? This item can help me ? ----> https://www.amazon.it/LogiLink-hd0105-HDMI-EDID-emulatore-Nero/dp/B07F2N9ZTS/ref=sr_1_6?__mk_it_IT=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=Hdmi+Edid+Emulator&qid=1634161069&sr=8-6

rvp

marietto is there anything that I can do ?

Wait and keep an eye on the Github page; and if there are changes to the reredrm56 branch, do a git pull in the netbsd-src directory, then recompile the new kernel sources. Until then, run genfb/wsfb. We know that works.

marietto This item can help me ?

Very unlikely as this is a NetBSD driver issue... I wouldn't spend any lire on this.

marietto

rvp

Do u know why Taylor R. Campbell doesn't reply at all on his github account ? I mean,here : https://github.com/riastradh/netbsd-src/issues/36 ; the bug that I've reported is 18 days old now.

--> run genfb/wsfb. We know that works.

yes it works,but my goal was to try to passthrough the RTX 2080 ti from host to guest using qemu and nvmm. I can't make more tests if netbsd chooses it as primary card. ok. then. I will change os for the moment. I will remove netbsd and I will assign the empty space to Open Indiana and I will do the same using bhyve in this case. Maybe in the future I will come back.

marietto

I've removed the GTX 1060 from my PC and I've moved the 2080 ti to the PCI slot 2 because I've thought that the previous problem could be caused by the fact that I had two nvidia graphic cards installed and netbsd could have been confused. Previously I had saved an image of the previous installation done with dd and today I've restored that backup file. Unfortunately it won't boot. It gives the error : can't open root device. Can you help me to fix this error ? I suspect that I could also fix the graphic driver error that we know. thanks.

rvp

marietto problem could be caused by the fact that I had two nvidia graphic cards installed and netbsd could have been confused

Your 2 nvidia cards are not being recognized at all--a big difference from merely being confused.

Wouldn't it be better to try after the code's been updated somewhat?

rvp

marietto Previously I had saved an image of the previous installation done with dd and today I've restored that backup file. Unfortunately it won't boot.

Now you know why dd isn't a good backup solution (aside from being horribly wasteful of space): If the restoration is off by even 1 sector from where it was read, you'll make a hash of things.

marietto

I've restored the backup using this procedure :

ntfs-3g /dev/da0p2 /mnt/da0p2 # G-DRIVE USB (where is saved the netbsd img file that contains the old installation of netbsd)

cd /mnt/da0p2/Backups/img/BSD/NetBSD

efi-netbsd92-no.img     efi-netbsd92.img        netbsd92.img

mdconfig -a -t vnode -f netbsd92.img -u 0
mount -t ufs /dev/md0 /mnt/netbsd
mount -t ufs /dev/ada0s1 /mnt/ada0s1
cd /mnt/netbsd
rsync -avxHAX * --exclude 'etc/fstab' /mnt/ada0s1

The method that I've used worked. Netbsd has been able to boot,but,unfortunately I had the same graphic card problem as before.

rvp

marietto I've restored the backup using this procedure

Ah, I see. You wanted to mount a NetBSD image file on FreeBSD. Everybody here thought it was a partition that you were having trouble mounting (and wondering why).

marietto

yes,I tried to mount the netbsd partition in Ubuntu,but it refuses to mount it in rw (using ufstype=ufs2,instead 44bsd it is not recognized at all),so I went on FreeBSD and it did it. Anyway,in another post you tried to mount the netbsd partition on linux using the parameter 44bsd,but it does not work at all. Instead,ufs2 works,even if only in ro.

marietto

UPDATE :

I've installed OS108,based on :

localhost# uname -a

NetBSD localhost 9.1_STABLE NetBSD 9.1_STABLE (GENERIC) #1: Sun Nov  8 03:50:47 IST 2020  root@unitedbsd.com:/usr/srcNEW/objNEW/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64

and now I can use the screen at a good resolution (1920x1080),but without using my intel gpu neither my nvidia geforce RTX 2080 ti gpu. If I remember correctly some time ago I was not able to do that using netbsd 9.2. I'm not using any xorg.conf file and I have modified only the boot.cfg file like this :


banner=Welcome to OS108
banner=================
banner=
menu=Boot normally:rndseed /var/db/entropy-file;gop 4;boot
menu=Boot single user:rndseed /var/db/entropy-file;boot -s
menu=Drop to boot prompt:prompt
default=1
timeout=10
clear=1

So,now I would like to know why with OS108 / netbsd 9.1-Stable I can do this but I can't do it with the 9.2. And more important,what happens if I make the upgrade of the 9.1-Stable to the 9.2. Will it stop working ?

rvp

marietto So,now I would like to know why with OS108 / netbsd 9.1-Stable I can do this but I can't do it with the 9.2.

I don't understand this: gop 4 is what you used last year with 9.2, right? And gop 4 with genfb/wsfb has always worked for you, as far as I can tell. Post /var/run/dmesg.boot and /var/log/Xorg.0.log.

Try, out the latest NetBSD images. There have been a lot of fixes, and your Intel and nVidia cards may now be supported (may even be accelerated now!)

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