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Date:      Mon, 19 Nov 2018 17:30:37 -0500
From:      <starikarp@yandex.com>
To:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: drm-legacy-kmod-g20181031_1 on 13-current
Message-ID:  <20181119173037.516487e4@yandex.com>
In-Reply-To: <0fd9a475-e8d4-0fea-2740-4da6e3693427@daemonic.se>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.1811191035210.41830@mail.neu.net> <0fd9a475-e8d4-0fea-2740-4da6e3693427@daemonic.se>

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On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 21:20:40 +0100
Niclas Zeising <zeising+freebsd@daemonic.se> wrote:

> On 11/19/18 5:06 PM, AN wrote:
> > Hi:
> >=20
> > I would like to thank everyone who helps to provide a modern
> > graphics stack on FreeBSD.=C2=A0 I have the following setup and am
> > having some issues with screen tearing/artifacts mostly in
> > mate-terminal windows.=C2=A0 I tried the suggestion at
> > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/FAQ 2.3.1. AMD GPU, however it
> > did not work for me as X failed to start, maybe I missed something.
> >=20
> > Below is relevent info, if more is needed please let me know.
> >  =20
>=20
> Hi!
> I believe you can use graphics/drm-kmod to get an appropriate kernel=20
> driver for this GPU.  Please follow the instructions posted after the=20
> installation wrt. loading the module and so on.
>=20
> When using drm-legacy-kmod you generally need to use=20
> xf86-video-ati-legacy with ATI/AMD graphics cards.
>=20
> Regards

Are xf86-video-ati-legacy drivers the same as we have now in kernel,
please? I like to try before FreeBSD 12 because no one *kmod and the
new ati drivers works on my computer (black screen) but on
FreeBSD-11.2-RELEASE I cannot build them.

Thank you.



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