Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 19:41:19 -0500 From: Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Graphics problems on AMD A6-6400 processor + Asus A68HM motherboard Message-ID: <20160810004119.GC421@archlinux.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <VI1PR02MB09746AC07DB599B31EC33F25F61D0@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: <VI1PR02MB09746AC07DB599B31EC33F25F61D0@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
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On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 12:08:58AM +0000, Manish Jain wrote: > > Hi, > > I just installed a new Asus A68HM motherboard with an AMD A6-6400 > processor. The board has onboard ATI Radeon 8470 graphics adapter chip. > > I installed a fresh copy of FreeBSD 10.3 amd64, with great hopes that > everything would work out of the box. It did not. The graphics output > under Gnome is skewed - half the text of Applications menu list is > missing and strange streaks appear at a few places on the screen. > > To check whether there was any RAM problem, I ran a couple of passes > under memtest86 with no errors. There are no page fault reports at > boot-time either. > > I then installed OpenSuse 42.1 leap, where the graphics output is > normal. But I want to move back to FreeBSD - that is the only thing I like. > > Can someone please help me try to get normal graphics with the new board > and CPU ? If it is not possible under 10.3, I can wait for a fresh > release like 11.0. But I must get things working normally under FreeBSD, > else all of my money would have been wasted. > > > Thanks for any help. > Manish Jain Check whether your card is supported here: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics
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