Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:39:15 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@googlemail.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: <20111128123915.540564b1@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <20111128092008.GA58668@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> References: <20111128092008.GA58668@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>
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On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:20:08 +0100 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 ? > Are you aware of this? http://wiki.freebsd.org/Intel_GPU It's the result of a FreeBSD Foundation project to integrate the brain-dead Linux in-kernel graphics support. Not 100% finished yet. As to ATI - I don't think that either radeonhd or the ati driver support these newer chips, but I could be wrong. I'm running radeonhd but I have integrated graphics based on the older ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics controller. -- Gary Jennejohn
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