Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:54:36 -0500 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggested xorg-compatible video HW for FreeBSD/amd64 ? Message-ID: <CAOgwaMuZ93RxoTPya97y0cEdEWZzKs3U5B45s3vUWcH0Wy0Y6A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20111128092008.GA58668@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> References: <20111128092008.GA58668@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>
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On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 4:20 AM, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> wrote: > Hi, > I am looking for suggestions for a video card that works with > some Xorg driver on FreeBSD/amd64 (either RELENG_9 or HEAD). > I am not interested in anything fancy, just plain 2d desktop > and video playback. > > I have some new machines with i7-2600k CPU but the onboard > card is not recognised by the newer intel drivers, and the vesa > driver crashes as soon as i do something (such as changing > resolution to something different from 1024, or switching vtys, etc). > I understand that there is work in progress on the Intel side > but i will post a separate msg on the topic. > > I can get some nvidia (GeForce: 210 or GT520) or ATI (Sapphire Radeon: > HD5450 or HD5570) but am unclear if/how they are supported. The > nvidia drivers on the nvidia page say there is only FreeBSD/x86 support, > and googling around doesn't give any good or encouraging suggestions. > > Can anyone with xorg working on FreeBSD/amd64 share some info on his > configuration ? > > thanks > luigi > I am not an expert about hardware issues in FreeBSD . After reading many mails , and some documents , I have decided to buy the following hardware http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFX http://xfxforce.com/en-us/Products/Graphics-Cards/ATI/ATI-Radeon-HD-4000-Series/ATI-Radeon-HD-4670.aspx http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/desktop-board-dp67de.html to perform the following tasks : - To attach two monitors to the video card . - To modify / improve FreeBSD / Xorg sources to divert ( serial console , stdout , stderr ) outputs to one of the monitors , and the rest into the other monitor . Reasons to select the hardware : - I think Intel boards are more reliable , more suitable for Unix from the other brands within very limited budget , - ATI Radeon has more information sources than Nvidia with respect to open source software . There is no any documentation about Nvidia chipsets ( or I could NOT find ) . http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/RadeonFeature http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/RadeonProgram http://www.x.org/docs/AMD/ http://developer.amd.com/documentation/guides/Pages/default.aspx http://developer.amd.com/zones/opensource/Pages/default.aspx Within one week , I think , I will be able to obtain the above parts . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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