From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 4 20:18:28 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 AA19360D for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2014 20:18:28 +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)) (Client CN "wonkity.com", Issuer "wonkity.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5823124FF for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2014 20:18:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s74KIKCI018741 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 4 Aug 2014 14:18:20 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) with ESMTP id s74KIKnq018738; Mon, 4 Aug 2014 14:18:20 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 14:18:20 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Jamie Griffin Subject: Re: Determining Video Hardware For "WITH_NEW_XORG" In-Reply-To: <53DF42C2.1000707@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <53DF42C2.1000707@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (BSF 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 04 Aug 2014 14:18:20 -0600 (MDT) 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 20:18:28 -0000 On Mon, 4 Aug 2014, 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. Really, it's easier to tell based on which processor. The Q45 is Core2, I think. > Does this mean this hardware is too old and therefore unsupported by the new > xorg software and necessary components? No, as far as I know only the very newest is not yet supported: the Haswell chips and maybe the weird video in the new Atoms. > 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? Again, as far as I know, you can use the latest Intel KMS driver.