From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Wed Nov 16 22:32:13 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@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 8CE20C4569A for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 22:32:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from florian.ermisch@alumni.tu-berlin.de) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B116270 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 22:32:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from florian.ermisch@alumni.tu-berlin.de) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 7A6A1C45699; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 22:32:13 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: current@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 7A0FFC45698 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 22:32:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from florian.ermisch@alumni.tu-berlin.de) Received: from mail-2.alumni.tu-berlin.de (mail-2.alumni.tu-berlin.de [130.149.5.29]) (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 41FBA26E for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 22:32:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from florian.ermisch@alumni.tu-berlin.de) X-tubIT-Incoming-IP: 78.52.175.255 Received: from x4e34afff.dyn.telefonica.de ([78.52.175.255] helo=unknown806C1B08767B) by mailbox.alumni.tu-berlin.de (exim-4.84_2) with esmtpsa [TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256] for id 1c78VT-00006u-Px; Wed, 16 Nov 2016 23:16:39 +0100 In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: Xorg driver update question From: Florian Ermisch Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 23:16:35 +0100 To: current Message-ID: <27D08489-F88E-43BB-AB80-D5FF5165E199@alumni.tu-berlin.de> X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 22:32:13 -0000 Am 16. November 2016 21:08:43 MEZ, schrieb Jeffrey Bouquet : > […] > Anyone using a server board with IPMI and a pcie slot for "usual" GPU > and running BSD that > way rather than serial port (like an upgrade ?) OR do the voltages > not match in that kind > of serverboard (tyan in this instance , Xeon ) for aftermarket GPU? AFAIK the main difference between a PCIe-for-Graphics slot and a regular x16 one is how much power they provide. >From the graphics one a card can draw up to 75W, the regular ones only provide 25W. So a low-power graphics card would work but the system's BIOS/firmware may not initialize it and thus not use the card during POST. Maybe the BIOS has an option which graphics chip to use as the primary one. Or an option to disable the onboard one. If something like this is present adding a graphics card sure would work. Googling a bit I came across the ZOTAC GeForce GT 710 PCIE x 1 which should do the job quite nicely. Current price seems to be ~40€ so no big loss if it doesn't work. > […] And maybe check the board's manual for an option to disable the onboard graphics, too. > ........... > Thanks in advance for any insight. > > Jeff > Regards, Florian