Laptop ASUS TUF Gaming FX705GM - GhostBSD 24.07.3 works

[mameko]

Hello everybody. I am new to GhostBSD and new in this forum.
I'm using FreeBSD for some years now on a desktop system. I used NomadBSD on my ASUS laptop to play around with it because in the past FreeBSD made some problems on it. But now in 2024 FreeBSD 14 works pretty well with it. Time to try GhostBSD on my laptop.

The installation of GhostBSD was not without problems. This laptop has a Intel/Nvidia optimus video card and FreeBSD works at best with the Intel card without installing Nvidia.
After booting the Xserver did not start. I changed to a tty and made 2 new files in
/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d. 10-scfb.conf and 20-Monitor.conf.
In 10-scfb.conf I set the driver to the scfb framebuffer (UEFI) and in 20-Monitor.conf the Screen to Screen0.
I inserted startx and xorg started the mate desktop. I got a poor screen resolution with 800x600 but it was enough to run the installer "gbi".
After the installation I installed the drm-kmod video driver and deleted the 10-scfb.conf file. I made a new one, 10-video.conf with modesetting. After a reboot I got the mate desktop in 1920x1080 and it works fine.
Sound was not working. I installed the gtk-mixer and no I got sound. WiFi Intel AC 9560 works also. The key-bindings on the Fn-Keys do not work, so I installed gammy to adjust my display brightness.

Now GhostBSD is running pretty fast and without issues. I like it very much and try to use it as my daily driver.

[neville]

Welcome to GhostBSD. Nice work getting to the desktop. You say your sound does not work. Can you run this command and share the output here or on our telegram channel.

cat /dev/sndstat

Your key bindings may work if you load a certain module

Put in your /etc/rc.conf file the following in the

kld_list line with spaces separating your entry with the others

acpi_video

So your kld_list line in your rc.conf file should look something like this

kld_list="something something acpi_video something"

Alternatively you can load it right away with the command

kldload acpi_video

[neville]

If you want to try this driver you can

https://github.com/pouya-eghbali/freebs ... -r20190716

[neville]

Also this if you want to use NVIDIA

Post in thread 'Optimus nVidia/Intel (MSI GL65) : unable to get dual screen to work' https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/opti ... ost-669337

[mameko]

@neville
Thanks for your reply.

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$ cat /dev/sndstat
Installed devices:
pcm0: <Realtek ALC235 (Internal Analog)> (play/rec) default
pcm1: <Realtek ALC235 (Front Analog Headphones)> (play)
pcm2: <Intel Kaby Lake (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play)
No devices installed from userspace.

I added acpi_video to my kld_list in /etc/rc.conf and loaded it with sudo kldload acpi_video, but there is no change to before. I can decrease or increase the sound with Fn-keys but nothing more. No brightness no keyboard-backlight. But that doesn't matter. That are only issues for my comfort .

I don't use the Nvidia driver. In the past, I tried that with FreeBSD and NomadBSD with somewhat success. But then my sound was broken and at the end I deleted the Nvidia driver and reinstalled the intel one. I don't longer play games on this old machine and the fan is very silent without the nvidia driver. With Nvidia driver the fan can get really loud. So, it is better for my nerves.