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Date:      Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:17:23 +0400
From:      Ruslan Bukin <br@bsdpad.com>
To:        m irya <xmirya@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: freebsd-current + nvidia GeForce GT 520M
Message-ID:  <20110717131723.GA64621@bsdpad.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAK8LArMYufuHfx_=xsZLKdhjD6tA%2BYr8oxH1nxE3p1fJ4Y4%2BTA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi!

x11/nvidia-driver is official driver that works for 8-stable.
For current may be work too (I checked a week ago on Lenovo t410s).

xf86-video-intel works only for current. For information and 
latest patches: http://wiki.freebsd.org/Intel_GPU

-Ruslan

On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 03:16:43PM +0300, m irya wrote:
> Hello everyone
> 
> I've got Levono Ideapad z570 (i5, amd64 arch) and trying to make
> graphics work with freebsd-current (recent week different snapshots);
> the notebook has twographic cards,
> - intel integrated graphics controller, identified as
> vgapci1@pci0:0:2:0:     class=0x030000 card=0x397d17aa chip=0x01168086
> rev=0x09 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = '2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated
> Graphics Controller'
>     class      = display
>     subclass   = VGA
> - nvidia GeForce GT 520M card
> 
> I've tried different combinartions (properly specifying BusID for each
> card), but
> - the intel card isn't recognized neither with
> x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel nor x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel29
> - the nvidia card isn't handled by x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv (i
> suppose for noveau the result will be the same)
> - trying to install the x11/nvidia-driver gives no luck - the machine
> hangs on initialization, after Xorg logs stuff has appeared in the
> console, but before the videomode has changed (with GENERIC kernel,
> i've tried both the driver verson from the ports and manually updating
> the port to version 275.19)
> - VESA driver works both with Nvidia and Intel cards, but it gives the
> maximal screen resolution of 800x600, way to small. The display
> resolution is 1366x768, but the driver says there's "no mode for this
> name", same for the standard 1024x768.
> 
> Did anyone try to make the same setup work? Is there any way to make
> nvidia drivers work for me? Or at least how to force VESA driver use
> 1366x768 mode for usable workspace?
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