Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 10:29:41 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Jamie Griffin <griffin8j@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Determining Video Hardware For "WITH_NEW_XORG" Message-ID: <20140804102941.a9881347.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <53DF42C2.1000707@gmail.com> References: <53DF42C2.1000707@gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:22:26 +0100, Jamie Griffin wrote: > Hi > > Having looked at dmesg output and the information provided by FreeBSD > devs about supported video hardware for WITH_NEW_XORG compilation knob, > I would like to ask if you can confirm what I have determined my video > hardware is: > > from dmesg: > agp0: Intel Q45 SVGA controller > > from pciconf: > vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x304817aa chip=0x2e128086 > rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller' > class = display > subclass = VGA > vgapci1@pci0:0:2:1: class=0x038000 card=0x304817aa chip=0x2e138086 > rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller' > class = display > > > So my graphics hardware is codename 'Eaglelake' with device id 2e12. > > Does this mean this hardware is too old and therefore unsupported by the > new xorg software and necessary components? Ask X what it thinks about it. Run # Xorg -configure and see /root/xorg.conf.new as well as /var/log/Xorg.0.log for what driver X has chosen and loaded. It's possible that you need to install an additional driver, e. g. xf86-video-intel for your integrated graphics). > As I use KDE4 - version 4.10.5 currently - will I have to stick with the > pkg(8) url "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/release/0" for upgrading > and installing packages? > > Or, can I still build the software on the machine using poudriere and > specify 'WITHOUT_NEW_XORG' in order to benefit from the latest releases > of KDE et al? As far as I know, the pkg packages use the "traditional" X.org, so if you require "new" X.org, you need to set WITHOUT_NEW_XORG (which is probably even the default, in opposite to WITH_NEW_XORG which explicitely enables the "new" X.org) especially in combi- nation with building KDE from source. The pacakges of KDE however might be configured differently. I'm not a KDE user anymore so I can't be more specific. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20140804102941.a9881347.freebsd>