From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 19 01:56:44 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 F34D71065672 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:56:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomdean@speakeasy.org) Received: from mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8F738FC15 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:56:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 19822 invoked from network); 19 Jul 2011 01:56:44 -0000 Received: from 24-113-112-30.wavecable.com (HELO [192.168.2.2]) (tomdean@[24.113.112.30]) (envelope-sender ) by mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 19 Jul 2011 01:56:44 -0000 From: "Thomas D. Dean" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Organization: Home Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:56:43 -0700 Message-ID: <1311040603.2381.84.camel@asus> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: FreeBSD 8.2 Xorg and Raedon HD 6850 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: tomdean@speakeasy.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:56:45 -0000 I read the information on FreeBSD.org about the 6850 and I think I am confused. I have an HP Envy 3D 17" laptop with this video adapter. First, it appears there may be limited support for this card. The bottom line seems to be "Try Radeon Driver then the Vesa Driver." On the Xorg site, there is a PR marked as fixed last month. The latest port of xorg is dated March 30, 2011. Booting 8.2-Release DVD, amd 64, does not show the adapter in dmesg. I can post the dmesg, 1000 lines. Has anyone used this video adapter? tomdean