From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 4 08:29:50 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 E4319C14 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2014 08:29:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A381E242A for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2014 08:29:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-69-249.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.69.249]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2F6312761A; Mon, 4 Aug 2014 10:29:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id s748TfZV004183; Mon, 4 Aug 2014 10:29:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 10:29:41 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Jamie Griffin Subject: Re: Determining Video Hardware For "WITH_NEW_XORG" Message-Id: <20140804102941.a9881347.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <53DF42C2.1000707@gmail.com> References: <53DF42C2.1000707@gmail.com> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:29:51 -0000 On Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:22:26 +0100, Jamie Griffin wrote: > Hi > > Having looked at dmesg output and the information provided by FreeBSD > devs about supported video hardware for WITH_NEW_XORG compilation knob, > I would like to ask if you can confirm what I have determined my video > hardware is: > > from dmesg: > agp0: Intel Q45 SVGA controller > > from pciconf: > vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x304817aa chip=0x2e128086 > rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller' > class = display > subclass = VGA > vgapci1@pci0:0:2:1: class=0x038000 card=0x304817aa chip=0x2e138086 > rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller' > class = display > > > So my graphics hardware is codename 'Eaglelake' with device id 2e12. > > Does this mean this hardware is too old and therefore unsupported by the > new xorg software and necessary components? Ask X what it thinks about it. Run # Xorg -configure and see /root/xorg.conf.new as well as /var/log/Xorg.0.log for what driver X has chosen and loaded. It's possible that you need to install an additional driver, e. g. xf86-video-intel for your integrated graphics). > As I use KDE4 - version 4.10.5 currently - will I have to stick with the > pkg(8) url "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/release/0" for upgrading > and installing packages? > > Or, can I still build the software on the machine using poudriere and > specify 'WITHOUT_NEW_XORG' in order to benefit from the latest releases > of KDE et al? As far as I know, the pkg packages use the "traditional" X.org, so if you require "new" X.org, you need to set WITHOUT_NEW_XORG (which is probably even the default, in opposite to WITH_NEW_XORG which explicitely enables the "new" X.org) especially in combi- nation with building KDE from source. The pacakges of KDE however might be configured differently. I'm not a KDE user anymore so I can't be more specific. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...