From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 30 06:32:19 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47D5D610 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 06:32:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-x233.google.com (mail-qc0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0664117B8 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 06:32:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f179.google.com with SMTP id e16so4297507qcx.38 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:32:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=d7a4pmYDl+4PpbyAZS8+UrEZ9EiSaYTCcisjjCkLeJI=; b=cu/QvvLQxgG2s+gVjn8bwVahbRPWehAYmPayNY4pnVB1v19f2b2eHc+R2ZoPPuCaNR BRQz4+BAbzihGW77hVWTX9UByZ3AgGXc4f94y4Kmm/df8qjGp9OO7dWFxj2RkGg7+FOJ fYZ5S06V9gUN+N1uYHWLfltJWJ6Q/RqBTOEVV5XNlwVv5zLd3oewjV2rBI0tr/oVhQ84 9u8CHCSahdInt0QCDrUKNHjTr9vhLa1t9R8HHlNkEot8oOs8HtwPsYajHGViH2jFNLa3 b6e5Q21wYI1iXQedHD22ev0k2SsPVDqXqytld/rYH9OfVtRhNpqF6LbQwvBGAQdWLLwn dE0w== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.75.73 with SMTP id x9mr9227067qaj.36.1391063538195; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:32:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.96.88.33 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:32:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20140130143001.251eb9da@X220.alogt.com> References: <20140130135214.397bb406@X220.alogt.com> <1391062054.1372.7.camel@ghostwheel.tribble.net> <20140130143001.251eb9da@X220.alogt.com> Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:32:18 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: What driver (and how) to use for Radeon HD 6950 these days From: Paul Schiro To: Erich Dollansky Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 06:32:19 -0000 running custom kernel, but I didn't trim out anything it should care about On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:30 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:07:34 -0700 > Paul Schiro wrote: > >> >> Thanks for the reply. >> >> >> On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 13:52 +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: >> > > Hi all... been an avid FreeBSD user since about 2.1.5... but its >> > > been >> > >> > as you started this, BSD since 1979. But only for a few hours. >> >> I was -1 year old, so... > > so, you are a newcomer? >> >> > > To cut to the chase, I have a Radeon HD 6950 [ATI RV970].. after >> > > much >> > >> > Ask a search engine for WITH_NEW_XORG and WITH_GALLUIM in the >> > make.conf >> >> I've got the WITH_NEW_XORG and WITH_GALLIUM make.conf options in there >> already, and reinstalled all the xorg packages... but still had > > Oh, you need to build from ports. > >> trouble getting drm2 to work.... though I just used "pkg install"... >> I'm thinking I have to go through the pain of building all of it in >> ports... the more I think on it, the more that sounds right, since >> make.conf options probably aren't going to do anything for prebuilt >> binaries... d'oh! > > Yes. > >> >> > You also should check if this card is even supported. I use Intel at >> > the moment and do not know much more. >> >> Seems like it might be: >> >> $ grep 6950 /usr/src/sys/dev/drm2/drm_pciids.h >> {0x1002, 0x6719, CHIP_CAYMAN|RADEON_NEW_MEMMAP, "Cayman PRO >> [Radeon HD 6950]"}, \ >> >> Other than that, no idea how to tell for sure at present... >> >> Guess I'll try rebuilding all of xorg with those make.conf options for >> now. > > Yes, the kernel should have the rest even being a GENERIC. The ports > should load automatically the modules needed. > > Erich -- Regards, Paul Schiro 720.280.7023