From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 19 14:01:04 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 2CF331065676 for ; Sat, 19 May 2012 14:01:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDF7C8FC0A for ; Sat, 19 May 2012 14:01:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q4JE11J7030724; Sat, 19 May 2012 08:01:01 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id q4JE0wOJ030721; Sat, 19 May 2012 08:01:01 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 08:00:58 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Gary Aitken In-Reply-To: <4FB730B7.60009@dreamchaser.org> Message-ID: References: <4FB730B7.60009@dreamchaser.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 19 May 2012 08:01:01 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI Radeon HD5500 driver question 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: Sat, 19 May 2012 14:01:04 -0000 On Fri, 18 May 2012, Gary Aitken wrote: > Trying to set up a new box 9.0-RELEASE w/ X; has ATI Radeon HD5500 card. > > X.org -config says: > Missing output drivers. Configuration failed. > > From X.org I see one is supposed to get linux drivers from ati/amd, > but this info is over 2 years old and > http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx > only allows choices of drivers for windoze. > > Can anyone point me to a useable driver, or if these cards are essentially > unusable, make a suggestion for a reliable card suitable for non-gaming (2-D) > X work? The radeon driver wants KMS for cards later than the 4000 series. A few of the 5000 series may somewhat work with the existing UMS driver, but most do not. KMS for Intel video is being worked on and already being used, but AFAIK work has not even begun for the Radeons. > Should one use an Nvidia card with the Linux 295.53 driver? A Radeon 4650 works fine with the current radeon driver. The Nvidia cards are faster with the FreeBSD version of their proprietary driver, ...but it's a proprietary driver.