<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425556195622_32617"><span>Jean-Pierre,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425556195622_17430"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425556195622_17430">Power Mgt in BIOS<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425556195622_32620"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425556195622_32619">1. pfexec pkg install </span><a title="Package Information Summary" href="http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster-2015/info/0/system%2Fpciutils%403.2.0%2C5.11-2014.0.1.0%3A20140528T080827Z" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="" title-off="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425556195622_58143">system/pciutils@3.2.0,5.11-2014.0.1.0:20140528T080827Z</a></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425556195622_32621">2. Use setpci -s "<GPU PCI ID>" F4.B=## (where ## is BB=light, 77=med)</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425556195622_32621"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425556195622_32621">Usually you can get the function keys on your laptop to do this if programmed correctly (BIOS).</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425556195622_32621"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425556195622_32621">I set up VESA using 1280x1024 and 1920x1080 so it'll work if your setup allows it.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425556195622_32621"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425556195622_32621">Thanks,</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425556195622_32621">Ken</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425556195622_32621"><br></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Thursday, March 5, 2015 3:32 AM, Jean-Pierre André <jean-pierre.andre@wanadoo.fr> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">Hi Nikola,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Nikola M wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On 03/ 3/15 04:31 PM, Jean-Pierre André wrote:<br clear="none">>> Hi Ken,<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> ken mays via oi-dev wrote:<br clear="none">>>> Hello,<br clear="none">>>><br clear="none">>>> The lockdown (pkg freeze) is needed mainly on the XServer and Intel<br clear="none">>>> driver.<br clear="none">>>> You need to maintain Intel driver's 2.6.3 or 2.9.1 for XServer 1.7.7.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> I assume you mean Intel driver 2.9.1 is compatible with<br clear="none">>> current Xorg server 1.7.7, but where is it to be found ?<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> The latest hipster ships with 2.99.917 (not compatible<br clear="none">>> with Xorg) and older one shipped with 2.6.3 (probably<br clear="none">>> not compatible with my hardware). An intermediate<br clear="none">>> version compatible with both Xorg server and hardware<br clear="none">>> would be nice...<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Hi Jean-Pierre,<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Could you please also state what is your hardware, brand, model,<br clear="none">> configuration and grahics card/integrated graphics model (included in<br clear="none">> motherboard, chipset or inside cpu).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">scanpci shows :<br clear="none"><br clear="none">pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x02 function 0x00: vendor 0x8086 device 0x0116<br clear="none"> Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated <br clear="none">Graphics Controller<br clear="none"> CardVendor 0x103c card 0x1894 (Hewlett-Packard Company, Card unknown)<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Windows 7 the card is displayed as "Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000"<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Note : <a shape="rect" href="https://www.illumos.org/issues/5670" target="_blank">https://www.illumos.org/issues/5670 </a>(from Ken) mentions<br clear="none">"Intel HD Graphics: 2000-6000" to be supported by the Intel<br clear="none">driver not ported to OI, which gives hope for the future.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Xorg.0.log shows on Hipster (any 2014 versions) :<br clear="none">....<br clear="none">(II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"<br clear="none"> compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 2.6.3<br clear="none"> Module class: X.Org Video Driver<br clear="none"> ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0<br clear="none">(II) LoadModule: "vesa"<br clear="none">(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/amd64/vesa_drv.so<br clear="none">(II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"<br clear="none"> compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 2.3.0<br clear="none"> Module class: X.Org Video Driver<br clear="none"> ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0<br clear="none">...<br clear="none">(II) UnloadModule: "intel"<br clear="none">(II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/amd64/intel_drv.so<br clear="none"><br clear="none">So Xorg tries to use the Intel driver 2.6.3 and gives up.<br clear="none">The vesa driver is used instead, which is not bad (I need<br clear="none">no 3D). The only problem is that I cannot adjust the<br clear="none">brightness, and maximum brightness is unbearable, hence<br clear="none">my initial question.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> How it behaves in hipster-2014.1 and maybe booting from live 20141010<br clear="none">> DVD/USB?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Same result (no surprise, this is the same driver<br clear="none">and same xorg server).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> Idea of freezing X and intel driver is if you freeze it in a working<br clear="none">> state, before one updates rest of the system to hipster-2015 for testing<br clear="none">> for new bugs. (Works for me for older intel graphics, e.g. 945)<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I also tested hipster 2015. The Intel driver fails<br clear="none">because of undefined symbol RegionEmptyData. This is<br clear="none">probably the signature of Xorg server being incompatible<br clear="none">with Intel driver 99.99.917<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> If also in hipster-2014.1 you do not have your graphics working<br clear="none">> correctly (explain how it works, does it display with low<br clear="none">> resolution/VESA or something) you can then try installing/booting from<br clear="none">> live DVDs of older Openindiana /dev and Hipster release DVDs.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Unfortunately this computer is not old enough (about<br clear="none">two years and a half), and it has always fallen back<br clear="none">to using the vesa driver. This appears to just be<br clear="none">caused by an unsupported graphic model.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I have also tried to configure /etc/X11/xorg.conf to<br clear="none">reject the vesa driver. This has only led to having no<br clear="none">graphics at all.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> If with no previous release it worked for you, see that you report a bug<br clear="none">> on it, too.<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.illumos.org/projects/openindiana/issues" target="_blank">https://www.illumos.org/projects/openindiana/issues</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">The conclusion will be to wait for the new Xorg<br clear="none">server...<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Ken mentioned an Intel driver 2.9.1 which I could test<br clear="none">if I found it somewhere.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">For now, having a way to adjust the brightness through<br clear="none">the vesa driver would be enough.<div class="yqt5573930133" id="yqtfd99919"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Jean-Pierre<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">oi-dev mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:oi-dev@openindiana.org" href="mailto:oi-dev@openindiana.org">oi-dev@openindiana.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev" target="_blank">http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev</a></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>