From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 15 17:46:03 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3789A964 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:46:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E9AAA21B5 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:46:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-111-1.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.111.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 459F12770C; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 19:46:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id s7FHk1JT002180; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 19:46:01 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 19:46:01 +0200 From: Polytropon To: "William A. Mahaffey III" Subject: Re: Putting my new FreeBSD 9.3 desktop online .... Message-Id: <20140815194601.d0108283.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <53EE4749.5090000@hiwaay.net> References: <53EBE6D6.8090501@hiwaay.net> <20140814072430.5e39c3bc.freebsd@edvax.de> <53ED2189.6020408@hiwaay.net> <53EE14FA.8060601@hiwaay.net> <53EE3C8D.3040008@hiwaay.net> <53EE4416.5090807@hiwaay.net> <20140815193657.b7a67359.freebsd@edvax.de> <53EE4749.5090000@hiwaay.net> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:46:03 -0000 On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:45:45 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > > On 08/15/14 12:36, Polytropon wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:32:06 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > >> Hmmmm .... I don't know what got attached, my xorg.conf specifies vesa > >> gfx driver .... > > That also sounds wrong. What kind of graphics card are > > you actually using? Typical answers: ATI, nVidia, Intel... > > Follow-up question: Did you install the -driver > > package (in case of nVidia: nvidia-driver)? > > > > > > AMD jaguar kabini CPU, GPU on die w/ CPU, not yet supported by X.org ..... No support with the ATI driver? That would have been my first guess. Anyway, "nvidia" as a driver is wrong in that case, and "vesa" should at least work, even if it doesn't provide sufficient 3D power. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...