On 2021-01-11 08:33, Chris wrote:
On 2021-01-11 02:24, Andreas Wacknitz wrote:
Am 11.01.21 um 09:35 schrieb Chris:
Hello,
I recently attempted to an install of OI 20201031 on an
Intel i5 IvyBridge. Everything worked up until the console
switched to graphics/Xorg. Where the screen simply turned
black and disk activity stopped shoerly there after.
Tapping anything on the keyboard did not seem to have any
affect. That is; no disk activity, nor change on the
acreen as a result. Is IvyBridge still
supported/(correctly)detected?
Thank you for all your time, and consideration.
--Chris
Hi,
from my point of view it shouldn't fail like this, albeit I haven't
checked any Ivy Brigde generation cpu yet. I only successfully used
Intel graphics on my e3-1245v3 (Haswell) and e3-1275v5 (Skylake,
not really sure whether I really tested it (my memory my fail me) as I
am using NVIDIA P6x0 cards on these machines).
My general recommendation is to use the text install media because this
is the best supported version (live media is still working but lacking
some things already as nobody cares for them).
After a successful installation from text media you can run "pkg install
mate_install && pkg uninstall mate_install" which brings you X11 and
Mate desktop.
Of course you'll need to add more apps to get a better desktop experience.
When your machine hangs on starting X11 you should try to connect via
ssh and look for errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /var/adm/messages.
Heh. All my other stuff has NVIDIA/AMD. This is my only Intel rig.
Good advice! I'll spin up a text install, and see if it doesn't behave
better.
On an aside. My attempts to investigate this on my own indicates:
Intel KMS driver - OpenIndiana - OpenIndiana Wiki
(https://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Intel+KMS+driver)
and
Mesa - OpenIndiana - OpenIndiana Wiki
(https://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Mesa)
both return 503 (HTTP error). Are the servers down?
Thanks for taking the time to respond! :-)
OK text install gave me the screens to install. But
1) could'nt use the F keys to advance (needed ESC-N sequence)
2) at the end of root/user pass/creation, pressing ESC-2
returned me to "Install OI" menu
IOW install procedure will not go past finishing
root password/create (new) user (next simply returns to start
of install).
HW: i53360 Ivy Bridge 3rd gen. PC10(1|2) US kbd (USB)
OH well. I'm more favorable to Nvidia/AMD anyway.
Thanks again for the wise suggestion.
--Chris
Regards
Andreas
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