From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 4 19:31:07 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0AAF79F4 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2014 19:31:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from harbor.safeport.com (harbor.safeport.com [204.107.128.78]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C33E51A98 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2014 19:31:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bucksport.safeport.com (bucksport.safeport.com [198.74.231.101]) by harbor.safeport.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id s04JJLEv052590 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2014 14:19:21 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 14:19:21 -0500 (EST) From: doug@safeport.com To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Xorg support question Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 19:31:07 -0000 I have several questions so I apologize that this might ramble a bit. KMS: Is this is an Intel only thing, implemented in the video card? Is there a way to tell if an on-board card has this. I have two laptops and two (really cheap) desktop computers. The systems with KMS are not always the newest. As far as I can tell Intel develops for Windows and Linux. So is avoiding Intel graphics the thing to do? As an aside, hats off to the X developers, you have the most complex and thankless 'job' there is in FreeBSD land. Really switching to text mode from graphics is a complex issue (I know it is, or it would have been solved long ago). Perhaps someone at Intel is a Linux fan. Okay sorry for that but I feel better now :) Intel driver: I assume support has passed the ironlake card by. It does not work on Xorg 7.7 and the VESA driver while recognizing the card perfectly will only ante up 1026x768. I and followed all Intel suggestions and used cvt, gtf, and xrandr to no avail. The question here is: Is there a way to take the output of pciconf and relate it to a vendor card designation? The way I read the man page for the Intel driver, ironlake should be supported, but it is not. The last more general question is: Is there a way to avoid Intel graphics and RealteK wireless since neither seems to be on the 'to be supported' queue. I trust this was not too much to a rant, I did not intend it that way. The resolution and/or command name might be in error because I am writing this from memory as my laptop with the ironlake is not with me at the moment. Thank you for any thoughts and/or help _____ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-217-9220 Fax: 301-217-9277