From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 6 02:25:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11B5416A420 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 02:25:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-list@chuckatkins.net) Received: from centrmmtao05.cox.net (centrmmtao05.cox.net [70.168.83.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 761F243D45 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2006 02:25:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-list@chuckatkins.net) Received: from [10.0.0.2] (really [24.253.206.92]) by centrmmtao05.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20060306022511.JDYB5868.centrmmtao05.cox.net@[10.0.0.2]> for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 21:25:11 -0500 Message-ID: <440B9E56.6060109@chuckatkins.net> Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:28:38 -0600 From: Code Monkey User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060219) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org References: <4408873E.7040508@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4408873E.7040508@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: intel i810 graphics card X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:25:14 -0000 Gary Palmer wrote: > Hi, > > A relative is trying to install FreeBSD on an old Dell desktop with an > i810 graphics card. Xorg won't start as there is no DRM support in > the FreeBSD kernel for that card (at least that I can find). Is there > any way of getting a decent resolution on that card? I tried the VGA > driver, but it claimed there was insufficient memory for anything > other than some 320x2?? resolution which is next to useless. I'm > suspecting that since it probably "borrows" memory from the main > memory, without a special driver they're stuck. Anyone got ideas? > > Thanks, > > Gary > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > If I recall correctly, using the i810 graphics card requires that you have agpgart enabled. This can be done by adding: device agp to your kernel conf and rebuilding it or by loading the module at boot by adding: agp_load="YES" to your /boot/loader.conf file. The Handbook discusses this specifically in the X11 Configuration section. There is a subsection in "Advanced Configuration Topics" titled : "5.4.3.1 Configuration with Intel i810 Graphics Chipsets"