From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 21 06:43:58 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91A8B106566C for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:43:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40E0E8FC1D for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:43:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.179]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 870735C24 for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:56:22 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4EF17F73.8030508@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:40:51 +1000 From: Da Rock User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111109 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4EEF208F.1060100@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4EEF3183.3060907@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4EEFB89D.1030103@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4EF017F9.6010408@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Xorg error: New athlon laptop, radeonhd video - unable to load fbdev X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:43:58 -0000 On 12/21/11 07:39, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 20 Dec 2011, Da Rock wrote: > >> The laptop is a compaq cq62 with a quad core phenom and a ATI 4200 >> Radeon mobility GPU, as well as 6300 GPU. > > Sorry, I can't find any specs for a CQ62 with both ATI and NVidia. > There's a trademark name for the dual GPU systems, at least the > Intel-plus-something-else kind, but I can't recall it. No, no- you won't. Both cards in the laptop are ATI. The HTPC has an onboard NVidia, and a PCIe 16x ATI. > >> The HTPC/desktop is a whitebox quad core phenom on a ASUS MB (not >> 100% sure which) with a NVidia onboard pcie GPU, and an ATI Radeon >> 3450. There could be yet another GPU on there, but I can't remember. >> >> That system is running 8.x FBSD (1 or 2- can't quite remember), > > The start of /var/log/Xorg.0.log would be interesting, both for the > version of FreeBSD and the version of xorg-server. I don't think I > have anything with dual PCIe X16 slots to test. I'll have to look closer at it when I get a spare breath, it is a little intriguing. > >> and the laptop I'm installing 9.0-RC3 on, with the view to using >> freebsd-update to RELEASE, because of the lack of Atheros 9285 >> support in 8.x (tried for hours, just couldn't get the bird to fly :( ). >> >> From what I understand now, having been able assimilate what has been >> discussed here and through google, it seems there is a conflict when >> dealing with multiple onboard GPUs. What exactly is the issue with >> getting an arbiter for FreeBSD? Aside from time, naturally. > > Usually it's finding someone able to do the work that's willing to do > the work. The Foundation is funding some of that, and I've heard > they're interested in getting the KMS for the Radeon driver going. Is there anyone here that _can_ do the work? What about mentoring? As for the financials... thats something else to consider.