From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 28 12:04:59 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59DCE106564A for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:04:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D54238FC13 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:04:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkbzs8 with SMTP id zs8so10394248bkb.13 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:04:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=vbrYMk7pY9fBBRHqCxaBWd5kd4bGybtLjNxJBYJKtRA=; b=RkI4Z3Cwc/Oqhx37GM9byQsX+hIW3fO1kQcZx+PI0x9iDWg50h+lpL36vyt6qTlqCT maAWdWQbw4oaFW7SoiIRok/Rgv9ID343F6jqulP/iEExkvd2g1erFtFz49dWmS0QFBIC 6cxp//j2T3iG/HwFwPfo5gVb2QfXw+W4Bc5QI= Received: by 10.205.128.19 with SMTP id hc19mr45629301bkc.9.1322480358813; Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:39:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from ernst.jennejohn.org (p578E0DDC.dip.t-dialin.net. [87.142.13.220]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f14sm29137063bkv.3.2011.11.28.03.39.17 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:39:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:39:15 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn To: Luigi Rizzo Message-ID: <20111128123915.540564b1@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <20111128092008.GA58668@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> References: <20111128092008.GA58668@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.18.7; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggested xorg-compatible video HW for FreeBSD/amd64 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gljennjohn@googlemail.com List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:04:59 -0000 On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:20:08 +0100 Luigi Rizzo wrote: > Hi, > I am looking for suggestions for a video card that works with > some Xorg driver on FreeBSD/amd64 (either RELENG_9 or HEAD). > I am not interested in anything fancy, just plain 2d desktop > and video playback. > > I have some new machines with i7-2600k CPU but the onboard > card is not recognised by the newer intel drivers, and the vesa > driver crashes as soon as i do something (such as changing > resolution to something different from 1024, or switching vtys, etc). > I understand that there is work in progress on the Intel side > but i will post a separate msg on the topic. > > I can get some nvidia (GeForce: 210 or GT520) or ATI (Sapphire Radeon: > HD5450 or HD5570) but am unclear if/how they are supported. The > nvidia drivers on the nvidia page say there is only FreeBSD/x86 support, > and googling around doesn't give any good or encouraging suggestions. > > Can anyone with xorg working on FreeBSD/amd64 share some info on his > configuration ? > Are you aware of this? http://wiki.freebsd.org/Intel_GPU It's the result of a FreeBSD Foundation project to integrate the brain-dead Linux in-kernel graphics support. Not 100% finished yet. As to ATI - I don't think that either radeonhd or the ati driver support these newer chips, but I could be wrong. I'm running radeonhd but I have integrated graphics based on the older ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics controller. -- Gary Jennejohn