From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 17 19:39:58 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EB9B1A87 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 19:39:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rjk@wintek.com) Received: from local.wintek.com (local.wintek.com [72.12.201.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF42D5E0 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 19:39:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rjk@wintek.com) Received: from rjk.wintek.local (172.28.1.248) by local.wintek.com (172.28.1.234) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 8.3.389.2; Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:40:43 -0400 Message-ID: <5581CD07.9000101@wintek.com> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:39:51 -0400 From: Richard Kuhns User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:36.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/36.0 SeaMonkey/2.33.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adam McDougall , "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Getting going with a new Dell 7810 References: <558054EE.4070405@wintek.com> <558195A7.3000006@egr.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <558195A7.3000006@egr.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 19:39:59 -0000 On 06/17/15 11:43, Adam McDougall wrote: > On 06/16/2015 12:55, Richard Kuhns wrote: >> Greetings all, >> >> I've just received a new Dell Precision 7810. I've installed FreeBSD >> 10.1 (UEFI boot), checked out sources, built world & kernel and am now >> running r284449. So far, so good. >> >> The problem is Xorg. I'm running the latest Xorg in ports; I just did a >> 'make install clean' in /usr/ports/x11/xorg with no errors. >> >> The display card is a FirePro W4100. lspci shows: >> >> 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. >> [AMD/ATI] Cape Verde GL [FirePro W4100] >> > > If it is brand new, it is probably not supported and probably won't be > for a while. Please see https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics for a list of > devices which does include your Radeon HD 4670. That's what I was afraid of. I was hoping that the message that it was using syscons when my machine was using vt had something to do with it, but based on a couple of other messages that isn't the case. Thanks! -- Richard Kuhns Main Number: 765-742-8428 Wintek Corporation Direct: 765-269-8541 427 N 6th Street Internet Support: 765-269-8503 Lafayette, IN 47901-2211 Consulting: 765-269-8504