Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 09:33:34 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-x11@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg, Radeon and KMS problems Message-ID: <53D58C4E.8020402@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1407271306300.21745@wonkity.com> References: <53D39B39.9010407@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20140726141107.GA1382@slackbox.erewhon.home> <53D4D549.2040505@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20140727120918.GA74913@slackbox.erewhon.home> <53D4F46A.7010206@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1407271306300.21745@wonkity.com>
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On 07/28/14 05:17, Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 27 Jul 2014, Da Rock wrote: > >>> Setting "AutoAddDevices" to "off" is probably sufficient. And you only >>> need to rebuild xorg-server AFAIK. >> I'll give the conf option a shot. Takes a little while on my system >> to build, and its building some big stuff atm like thunderbird and >> libreoffice, so next day is latest I'd get it going. > > It is not even necessary to rebuild xorg-server. Just setting > "AutoAddDevices" "Off" prevents it from using HAL. Rebuilding it with > the port options set to not use HAL removes that dependency. If you > use xfce, HAL can be removed entirely. KDE and Gnome still depend on > it, even when xorg-server does not. I see. Trying that now... What about lxde? Seems to be the lightest, most user friendly; and I have rather illiterate users here. > >>> Check if it is possible to disable one of the graphics chips in the >>> BIOS. >>> That could be a last resort fix. AFAIK Xorg doen not have proper >>> support for >>> using two graphics cards or switching beteen them. >> Not that I'm aware of - HP take away a lot of fine tweaking options >> in bios for some stupid reason, and I went looking last time I was >> playing with the dual card setup and HD. I'll have another peek though. >> >> Who's looking at the support for multiple cards in Xorg then? Is >> there a wiki/blog or such I can follow, help out with? > > It might work. Fewer people use it now, since even low-end graphics > cards have two or three outputs. This is something I've been meaning > to test, and I have one or two machines available for that. I'll > report back. I have plenty - multiple outputs, multiple cards with multiple outputs, multiple cards sharing multiple outputs. Give me a test, and I can run it with the results you want returned.
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