From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Aug 10 08:40:50 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23176BB4EBD for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 08:40:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 029B51ED6 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 08:40:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References: In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=CQfAcA9bAwkbMc1s/hzUSq+KiRXh4zqKx9Zm+ONUUqg=; b=HD6YCr/1HEdhGAw2AF+WiydgK/ oMptCbN+ge+Jy8nZ35IlZ/g13IsQjA7Xpm3sXxo7LnXs3eAdsmFXdtBqQZNA9ME8AFOeT8FdWPFgP plYuW83JB+r5J/8Py1KcV/3syV98oEmO1mMQ8e8+QmOhRvE6fih2YAS6sBm4Z58bnQA0=; Received: from [114.120.232.86] (port=25324 helo=X220.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.87) (envelope-from ) id 1bXOjJ-003Gzx-S2; Wed, 10 Aug 2016 02:19:14 -0600 Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 16:19:09 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: Manish Jain Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Will installing a separate graphics card restore normal graphics ? Message-ID: <20160810161909.76c134af@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Authenticated-Sender: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 08:40:50 -0000 Hi, On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 05:23:41 +0000 Manish Jain wrote: > The X server under FreeBSD is not giving normal graphics with my new > AMD A6-6400K processor + Asus A68HM motherboard with onboard ATI > Radeon 8470 graphics. A lot of the text of Gnome's Applications menu > list is missing and strange streaks appear at a few places on the > screen. > > Would it help if I were to install a separate graphics card ? I have > no idea whether it is possible to disable the onboard graphics > adapter, but if that is possible, I can try using a dedicated VGA > card. > I use the vesa driver for some machines. Did you try this one? Erich