Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:11:04 -0700 From: Paul Schiro <tribblon@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What driver (and how) to use for Radeon HD 6950 these days Message-ID: <1391062264.1372.10.camel@ghostwheel.tribble.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1401292254250.71706@wonkity.com> References: <CALy9RreuNB6PDZtTp3KYr9FVJARDoK%2B7xVpL3xwXj-aKB3RefA@mail.gmail.com> <20140130135214.397bb406@X220.alogt.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1401292254250.71706@wonkity.com>
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Thank you very much, Warren. Did not come across those wiki links previously, which would have been infinitely more helpful than googling or the cursory search of the maillist archive I did... I'll take a look at the wiki entries, do the needful, and report back with whatever I find on my system. On Wed, 2014-01-29 at 23:02 -0700, Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > 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 > > Supported cards and the procedure to install KMS drivers for both Radeon > and Intel graphics are shown on the wiki: > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics#Tested_hardware_matrix > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics#Installing_KMS_Ports > > > You also should check if this card is even supported. I use Intel at > > the moment and do not know much more. > > The 6970 is shown as working. That should be a dual-card version of the > 6950, but nothing beats actual testing. Paul, it will probably work, > but either way, please follow up so we can update the wiki.
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