It gets stuck after ending FreeBSD loading on MacBook A1286

[louies0623]

Describe the bug It gets stuck after ending FreeBSD loading

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open Power
2. Click to Live Boot
3. See error

Expected behavior Into the desktop.

Screenshots None

Version (please complete the following information):

• Live ISO or installed system to disk: Live
• FreeBSD version (System --> About this Computer): 13.0
• helloSystem build (cat /.url): hello-0.7.0_0G146-FreeBSD-13.0-amd64.iso
• Running in a virtual machine: No

Computer (please complete the following information):

• Device: MacBook Pro A1286

Additional context None

[probonopd]

What does it show when it gets stuck? Any error message?

Can you interrupt the bootloader and enter at the OK prompt: unset boot_mute, then boot?

[louies0623]

[probonopd]

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-2-duo-2.8-aluminum-15-mid-2009-sd-unibody-specs.html:

This system has dual graphics processors -- a NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT with 512 MB of dedicated GDDR3 SDRAM and a NVIDIA GeForce 9400M with 256 MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory.

Correct?

Maybe initgfx gets irritated by this?

It would be interesting to know whether NomadBSD works properly on this machine.

[louies0623]

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i7-2.66-aluminum-15-mid-2010-unibody-specs.html This.

[probonopd]

dual graphics processors -- a NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with 512 MB of dedicated GDDR3 memory and Intel HD Graphics with 256 MB of RAM shared with the system

I suspect that initgfx does not deal with this dual graphics setup properly. But it is only a guess. Hence it would be interesting to know whether NomadBSD works properly on this machine. Could you give it a try?

[louies0623]

I’ll give it a try, but when it comes to this, the devices I’ve also reported the problem recently are also dual graphics cards. https://github.com/helloSystem/ISO/issues/335#issue-1068398322

[louies0623]

I have tried Intel x64 and Mac version but it doesn't work, Then this screen appears.

[reunitereclaim]

This affects me also.

[probonopd]

it looks like the filesystem on the disk is corrupt for whatever reason: Automatic file system check failed: help!. Please try to reinstall and/or use a different disk.

[louies0623]

On build 0.8 H77, it's stuck on a white screen with a cursor that doesn't move.

[probonopd]

There are some probes at the bottom of https://bsd-hardware.info/?id=pci:10de-0866-106b-00b1 whichs seem to suggest that people have been running helloSystem on GeForce 9400M (MCP79 chipset) based machines. But not sure how well the MCP79 is suported by FreeBSD.

[louies0623]

Now in version 0h277 still does not enter the desktop but there is an error notification sound.

[probonopd]

Build 0H277 is a FreeBSD 14-CURRENT based experimental build.

Please try a 13.1-RELEASE based build instead.

[louies0623]

@probonopd

The latest version 0.9.0 is still stuck.

When using micro Sd card to start, it will get stuck here.

[louies0623]

https://github.com/helloSystem/ISO/issues/335#issuecomment-1703822184 When using this version, there is welcome music at the end, but there is only a black screen and a white square.

[louies0623]

Build 0I39 "boot-v" it get stuck here.

[louies0623]

@probonopd I tried it on Ghost BSD Live and it works fine, but there is no wireless network.

[probonopd]

If you can find out why it works there but not here we may be able to do something; but without access to the hardware I can't know the reason.

[louies0623]

I was trying to switch the screen to an external monitor to see if it would bring me to the desktop, but I accidentally pressed Ctrl-Alt-F1 used to switch to the text console, and then it was usable, and the touchpad was normal.

[louies0623]

On NomadBSD that the GPU uses NVIDIA, but on Hello it uses i915.

NVIDIA GeForce GT650, Intel HD Graphics 4000.

Ghost bsd

[probonopd]

On NomadBSD that the GPU uses NVIDIA, but on Hello it uses i915.

Is this one of these machines that have a built in Intel GPU and also a Nvidia GPU, and that "somehow" is supposed to switch between them in software?

dual graphics processors -- a NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with 512 MB of dedicated GDDR3 memory and Intel HD Graphics with 256 MB of RAM shared with the system

Yes, this seems to be the culprit. helloSystem does not know how to switch between the two GPUs.

Is this "NVIDIA Optimus" technology? Or something Apple proprietary? How can one switch the GPUs in FreeBSD?

[louies0623]

Maybe need to look at NomadBSD and GhostBSD how they handle it.

Hardware Probes Nomadbsd https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=cac0950717

ghostbsd https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=b0aca42c84

[louies0623]

@probonopd I uploaded the HW probe in text mode and should be able to find the problem https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=9b9f826560