Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:20:08 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: suggested xorg-compatible video HW for FreeBSD/amd64 ? Message-ID: <20111128092008.GA58668@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>
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Hi, I am looking for suggestions for a video card that works with some Xorg driver on FreeBSD/amd64 (either RELENG_9 or HEAD). I am not interested in anything fancy, just plain 2d desktop and video playback. I have some new machines with i7-2600k CPU but the onboard card is not recognised by the newer intel drivers, and the vesa driver crashes as soon as i do something (such as changing resolution to something different from 1024, or switching vtys, etc). I understand that there is work in progress on the Intel side but i will post a separate msg on the topic. I can get some nvidia (GeForce: 210 or GT520) or ATI (Sapphire Radeon: HD5450 or HD5570) but am unclear if/how they are supported. The nvidia drivers on the nvidia page say there is only FreeBSD/x86 support, and googling around doesn't give any good or encouraging suggestions. Can anyone with xorg working on FreeBSD/amd64 share some info on his configuration ? thanks luigi
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