From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Wed Oct 17 11:52:00 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AAB410D2A7B for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:52:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bennett@sdf.org) Received: from mx.sdf.org (mx.sdf.org [205.166.94.20]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mx.sdf.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0D2E17D196 for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:51:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bennett@sdf.org) Received: from sdf.org (IDENT:bennett@otaku.freeshell.org [205.166.94.9]) by mx.sdf.org (8.15.2/8.14.5) with ESMTPS id w9HBlHED026131 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256 bits) verified NO); Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:47:17 GMT Received: (from bennett@localhost) by sdf.org (8.15.2/8.12.8/Submit) id w9HBlGhM007525; Wed, 17 Oct 2018 06:47:16 -0500 (CDT) From: Scott Bennett Message-Id: <201810171147.w9HBlGhM007525@sdf.org> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 06:47:16 -0500 To: tech-lists@zyxst.net Subject: Re: is 4k desktop possible on freebsd-12? Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org References: <3ae8eee1-4752-122f-bcc6-661ed23d09e3@zyxst.net> In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 6/20/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:52:00 -0000 tech lists wrote: > On 10/10/2018 11:17, tech-lists wrote: > > I'm trying to get xorg to display 4k. The context is: > > > > FreeBSD 12.0-ALPHA8 r339084 amd64 > > ports r481640 > > AMD RX580 GPU > > Asus X99 Extreme3 mobo > > cpu: intel e5-2699v4 > > 48GB RAM > > Samsung UE48JU6410U monitor connected via HDMI > > > > drm-next-kmod-4.11.g20180822 > > Hi, just to follow up to this, > > I'd run out of time to work on this so installed latest ubuntu desktop, > then ran xrandr and it showed 4k as the top resolution. I didn't have to > make any modifications: > > [snip] > DisplayPort-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > HDMI-A-0 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x > axis y axis) 1872mm x 1053mm > 3840x2160 30.00 + 25.00 24.00 29.97 23.98 > 4096x2160 30.00 25.00 24.00 29.97 23.98 > [/snip] > > and then, additionally, installed boinc-client-opencl and boinc was able > to see the GPUand use it for crunching. > > On FreeBSD I couldn't see a way of making the boinc client OpenCL-aware. Have you installed lang/clover? If not, then that may be why you don't see any devices there. For Nvidia, it would be lang/beignet instead. > > On the plus side, FreeBSD was much more stable on this hardware than > Ubuntu. Had to disable hyperthreading in the BIOS to stop it crashing > every few hrs on Ubuntu. > > It would be interesting to know, if possible, what Ubuntu is doing that > FreeBSD isn't on this hardware. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at sdf.org *xor* bennett at freeshell.org * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * **********************************************************************