From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 7 16:41:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BB031065696 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2009 16:41:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4494C8FC26 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2009 16:41:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nB7GfcUT036067; Mon, 7 Dec 2009 09:41:38 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id nB7GfciU036064; Mon, 7 Dec 2009 09:41:38 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 09:41:38 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Marco Beishuizen In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:41:38 -0700 (MST) Cc: George Liaskos , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: radeonhd 1.3.0 slow window moving X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:41:39 -0000 On Mon, 7 Dec 2009, Marco Beishuizen wrote: > On Mon, 7 Dec 2009, George Liaskos wrote: > >> Give x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati a try >> >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2009-December/009093.html > > What are the differences between the ati and the radeonhd driver? Is the > ati-driver for all Ati cards and the radeonhd specifically for RadeonHD > cards, or are there more differences? ati is package of drivers that supports radeon, r128, and other (older) ATI cards. With ati installed, you can enter "ati" for the driver in the Device section of xorg.conf and it will pick the right driver. Or you can just enter "radeon" and skip the autoselection. The radeon driver supports the whole range of radeon cards including the HD series, although later chipsets aren't fully supported yet. See radeon(4x) for a list of cards and types of acceleration supported. radeonhd is a separate driver meant to support only radeon R500 (Radeon X1300) and above cards. My impression is that the radeon driver is more mainstream and probably less experimental than radeonhd. I'd try the radeon driver first, and only use radeonhd if it offers better support for your card. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA