From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 11 02:32:18 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5D3E7F82; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 02:32:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E9FC315E1; Tue, 11 Feb 2014 02:32:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s1B2WAcT023863 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:32:10 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) with ESMTP id s1B2W98U023860; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:32:10 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:32:09 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Tim Daneliuk Subject: Re: Followup On Recent MCA Madness. WAS: Need Help With MCA Code In-Reply-To: <52F96681.3080604@tundraware.com> Message-ID: References: <52E73717.3000503@tundraware.com> <52EBE1FA.2040603@tundraware.com> <52ED5C97.8030503@tundraware.com> <201402101618.43685.jhb@freebsd.org> <52F96681.3080604@tundraware.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:32:10 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 02:32:18 -0000 On Mon, 10 Feb 2014, Tim Daneliuk wrote: > On 02/10/2014 03:18 PM, John Baldwin wrote: >>> On Saturday, February 01, 2014 3:44:07 pm Tim Daneliuk wrote: > > >>> Now, if I could just figure out how to get stock X to >>> run at 1920x1080 on HD4600 graphics. Apparently neither the >>> intel of vesa drivers know how to do this, or at least I've >>> had no luck with it. The intel driver doesn't even recognize >>> the hardware as something it supports. >>> >>> "X on a server?" you say? Yes, for intermittent use of fluxbox >>> to run a bunch of xterms. >> >> For the Intel graphics you want to use i915kms. However, you need to build >> your ports with 'WITH_NEW_XORG=yes' set in /etc/make.conf. There are more >> details about this on the wiki. >> >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics Important note: fourth-generation (Haswell) Intel CPU graphics are not supported yet. No idea on a time frame for that. > I've been considering this, but I have a few more questions, if I may: > > - There was a time when the new Xorg stuff did not play well with VTYs. > Is this still the case or has it been resolved? See https://wiki.freebsd.org/Newcons This has not yet been MFCed to 10-stable, so at present consoles are not visible after X has been started. Commands can still be typed, though. > - If I were to set this option in make.conf, is it sufficient to simply > force a recompilation of every port on the machine via portupgrade, > or is there a better way? The better way is shown on the KMS page, a bit farther down: https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics#Installing_KMS_Ports