From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 16 23:13:20 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D2CFA2D3 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 23:13:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9D431109 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 23:13:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kabini1.local (rbn1-216-180-19-84.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.19.84]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id sBGNDCHk026795 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 17:13:12 -0600 Message-ID: <5490BDFF.1020901@hiwaay.net> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 17:19:27 -0600 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Xorg -configure ... Segmentation fault at address 0x0 References: <63848.1418769755@server1.tristatelogic.com> In-Reply-To: <63848.1418769755@server1.tristatelogic.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 23:13:21 -0000 On 12/16/14 16:42, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > In message > Kevin Oberman wrote: > >> To ask a really dumb question, why are you doing "Xorg -configure"? > Because when I tried just running "startx" (as per the instructions > in the current FreeBSD handbook) I got this error and X did not start: > > Fatal server error: > no screens found > > However I believe that I just now may have figured out what the problem > is here. > > The system in question contains an AMD A4-6300 APU. This is not exactly > a newly released APU. Amazon lists it as having been available since > May 20, 2014. So the thing has been out for around 7 months or more. > > However the integrated GPU is apparently a Radeon HD 8370D. > > Looking now on this page: > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics > > it appears that perhaps Radeon HD 8xxx is not yet supported by X on > FreeBSD. I guess that is the problem, yes? > > I am bummed, to say the least. > > I guess that I will have to break out the old Radeon HD 5450 card that > I have sitting and collecting dust in the closet, jam that into the > ASUS A78M-A motherboard, and then see if I can entice the BIOS into > using that in preference to the integrated GPU in the AMD A4-6300 APU. > > Sigh. I don't know how to do this, but I guess that I will find out. > > Any suggestions on how to accomplish this will be appreciated. > (Obviously, it isn't just the BIOS but also FreeBSD+X that have to > be convinced to ignore the in-built GPU on the APU in preference to > a slower GPU on an add-in card.) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > You could run the vesa server until your gfx becomes supported (as I am). I have the same issue, an AMD jaguar CPU, w/ integrated gfx (Kabini [Radeon HD 8280 / R3 Series]), which I knew to be unsupported when I bought in last April 9, the day it was released to the public :-). I plan on using this box for years, so I am patiently waiting for xorg to catch up to this APU, whereupon I should be happy for years to come .... $0.02, no more, no less .... From my xorg.conf: Section "Device" ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False", ### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz" ### [arg]: arg optional #Option "ShadowFB" # [] #Option "DefaultRefresh" # [] #Option "ModeSetClearScreen" # [] Identifier "Card0" Driver "vesa" VendorName "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]" BoardName "Kabini [Radeon HD 8280 / R3 Series]" BusID "PCI:0:1:0" EndSection I added the vesa line, the rest was already there .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.