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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:52:14 +0800
From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
To: Paul Schiro <tribblon@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: What driver (and how) to use for Radeon HD 6950 these days
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Hi,

On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:33:03 -0700
Paul Schiro <tribblon@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all... been an avid FreeBSD user since about 2.1.5... but its been

as you started this, BSD since 1979. But only for a few hours.

> To cut to the chase, I have a Radeon HD 6950 [ATI RV970].. after much

Ask a search engine for WITH_NEW_XORG and WITH_GALLUIM in the make.conf

You also should check if this card is even supported. I use Intel at
the moment and do not know much more.

Erich