From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 30 06:30:24 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@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 EA98859B for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 06:30:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C16141751 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 06:30:24 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=sWqdddVpR3tZzyyY2hQqBwdsEvk5flW1YuvoPszRoBs=; b=ITXQ3m02fGeDv/TE3CyWpWQycD77sKaB3vxI894hfuy/yx5IqZ/znGpIbdLrZAROMfvSh8TygAal9ia1dmMr4uhXAhTMuxtiZ+LEaqgWUM5wq+3cmAoS+FqBtcwMa40UqIEnNkJDbknD9ufE3z3GE3sl+4aNKUVe7zEbi+3QTn4=; Received: from [39.200.40.79] (port=14541 helo=X220.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1W8l8p-000GLK-6X; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:30:24 -0700 Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:30:01 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: Paul Schiro Subject: Re: What driver (and how) to use for Radeon HD 6950 these days Message-ID: <20140130143001.251eb9da@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <1391062054.1372.7.camel@ghostwheel.tribble.net> References: <20140130135214.397bb406@X220.alogt.com> <1391062054.1372.7.camel@ghostwheel.tribble.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 06:30:25 -0000 Hi, On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:07:34 -0700 Paul Schiro wrote: > > Thanks for the reply. > > > On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 13:52 +0800, Erich Dollansky 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. > > I was -1 year old, so... so, you are a newcomer? > > > > 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 > > I've got the WITH_NEW_XORG and WITH_GALLIUM make.conf options in there > already, and reinstalled all the xorg packages... but still had Oh, you need to build from ports. > trouble getting drm2 to work.... though I just used "pkg install"... > I'm thinking I have to go through the pain of building all of it in > ports... the more I think on it, the more that sounds right, since > make.conf options probably aren't going to do anything for prebuilt > binaries... d'oh! Yes. > > > You also should check if this card is even supported. I use Intel at > > the moment and do not know much more. > > Seems like it might be: > > $ grep 6950 /usr/src/sys/dev/drm2/drm_pciids.h > {0x1002, 0x6719, CHIP_CAYMAN|RADEON_NEW_MEMMAP, "Cayman PRO > [Radeon HD 6950]"}, \ > > Other than that, no idea how to tell for sure at present... > > Guess I'll try rebuilding all of xorg with those make.conf options for > now. Yes, the kernel should have the rest even being a GENERIC. The ports should load automatically the modules needed. Erich