From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 17 05:01:22 2012 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 C8BED1065672 for ; Thu, 17 May 2012 05:01:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) Received: from relay2.tomsk.ru (relay2.tomsk.ru [212.73.124.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 132458FC0A for ; Thu, 17 May 2012 05:01:21 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by clamd daemon 0.93.1 for FreeBSD at relay2.tomsk.ru Received: from admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (account sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru [212.73.125.240] verified) by relay2.tomsk.ru (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPSA id 26439207 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 17 May 2012 12:01:15 +0700 Received: from admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (sudakov@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q4H51E1p093736 for ; Thu, 17 May 2012 12:01:14 +0700 (NOVT) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) Received: (from sudakov@localhost) by admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q4H51EQY093735 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 17 May 2012 12:01:14 +0700 (NOVT) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) X-Authentication-Warning: admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru: sudakov set sender to vas@mpeks.tomsk.su using -f Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 12:01:14 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120517050114.GA93590@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> References: <20120516042218.GA57757@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <4FB473E7.6090307@ShaneWare.Biz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4FB473E7.6090307@ShaneWare.Biz> Organization: AO "Svyaztransneft", SibPTUS X-PGP-Key: http://www.livejournal.com/pubkey.bml?user=victor_sudakov X-PGP-Fingerprint: 10E3 1171 1273 E007 C2E9 3532 0DA4 F259 9B5E C634 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: FreeBSD on the ASUS P8H67-M LGA1155 H67 motherboard 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: Thu, 17 May 2012 05:01:22 -0000 Shane Ambler wrote: > > > > Do you have success stories running FreeBSD on an ASUS P8H67-M > > LGA1155 H67 motherboard? This will be mostly a desktop system on > > 9.0-RELEASE. > > > > I am worried especially about the Sandy Bridge video, shall I be able > > to use it with xorg at least in VESA modes? > > > > Do also the sound/NIC/etc drivers work well with this motherboard? > > I am running 9.0-RELEASE on an ASUS P8H61-M LE/USB3 with a corei5 > > Having the same audio and LAN chips I can say they work. Had some > trouble getting the audio working to start with, vaguely recall it was > something with the generic sound detection didn't pick the right driver, > once I enabled one specific sound device I haven't had trouble (also > that was back in rc3). Only using stereo speakers so can't vouch for any > surround features. Add snd_hda_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf Thanks for the good news. Can you please show 'cat /dev/sndstat' and what the kernel thinks about the NIC (is it the re(4) driver?) > > Using an Nvidia PCIe card - haven't tried the on-board video. I have tried PC-BSD 9.0 on a similar motherboard with a Sandy Bridge video, it seems to work in VESA mode. -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru