FreeBSD-12.1 on laptop

[Theron]

On 2019-11-26 23:08, vm finance wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install FreeBSD 12.1 on my ThinkPad. I burned an image to
> USB from freebsd.org, install went through ok but ran into "startx" issues
> (Cannot run in framebuffer mod...). Tried a few suggestions on google but
> nothing worked;(
Does your ThinkPad have Intel graphics?  If so, drm-kmod kernel module 
is needed, however the one from pkg will cause kernel panic since 12.1 
uses 12.x packages, which containing a build of the module that is only 
for 12.0... A known issue: 
https://github.com/FreeBSDDesktop/kms-drm/issues/183

It must be built from its port instead:
$ make -C /usr/ports/graphics/drm-kmod install

Binary packages may be used otherwise.

Sorry if this wasn't the problem - there wasn't enough information to go 
on in your message.