From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 30 06:30:55 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 351AC5CF for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 06:30:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-x22a.google.com (mail-qc0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::22a]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E6B351755 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2014 06:30:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f170.google.com with SMTP id e9so4437690qcy.29 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:30:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=mA/hRwGX1VC+Q2ou6IULE25mwuQjhwJ3ocW9Yf0Vy8g=; b=ssBEqPZBtjFqzrTvi7B65HxCYtl8rzfwLzo5wuLX6GbA2mwYu+1Ts4rti7qjh8IfvB hpr9YBGnb3P1PGn6HKDKaU/I2mewMr4ls4jV529P8gnbyTpAsZB7tW/QXR1lwwVrBs0t Xf1kiL+uxwoYC6t67jcWprMaxQxnOueu2lKMZcqL7Ps86OkOs8f+PPKfBE2ZjmgPvmP/ i0Y2Qdfunmt2Fe8RVu84QZQH8W4oOn45rIv2Un46VlDgmMTZi3ErjbaJj0GmsFAZENb/ PBF+E8cmVFyv7Ba8QQPVGp2KX8iQIwIk+bRlXuiUlpBVdncLw3PeByaTHQInVJI0vCDE FCXA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.140.100.240 with SMTP id s103mr17830682qge.38.1391063454196; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:30:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.96.88.33 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:30:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1391062264.1372.10.camel@ghostwheel.tribble.net> References: <20140130135214.397bb406@X220.alogt.com> <1391062264.1372.10.camel@ghostwheel.tribble.net> Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:30:54 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: What driver (and how) to use for Radeon HD 6950 these days From: Paul Schiro To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 06:30:55 -0000 JFYI... I following the link given here: To have a working console on HEAD with the radeon and intel KMS drivers please read the vt(9) page. And tried to add vt and vt_vga devices to my kernel config, but when I do, I get: "config: Error: device "vt" is unknown" "config: Error: device "vt_vga" is unknown" "config: 2 errors" Not sure what the deal is there, unless that didn't make it into 10-STABLE, and its still just in -HEAD On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:11 PM, Paul Schiro wrote: > > 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 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. > > -- Regards, Paul Schiro 720.280.7023