Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2021 07:22:32 +0000 From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DRM and higher screen resolutions on older hardware for current/13-ALPHA3 Message-ID: <6aed89b6-d1c6-27e7-df12-91c72d25f004@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKr6gn1XF_KOmX8Y%2B57c-68FObUKSTZ%2BhmCZXZR%2B2JgXtj0jmQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKr6gn1XF_KOmX8Y%2B57c-68FObUKSTZ%2BhmCZXZR%2B2JgXtj0jmQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 05/02/2021 06:09, George Michaelson wrote: > I have a Lenovo Edge 420 with the ATI/Radeon graphics card. Please, which card, exactly? This utility can help to gather useful information: sysutils/hw-probe A recent probe of my own notebook (with Radeon hardware), but please note that it's not a 2018 model, it's more like 2013: <https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=c2e361eeff>; > The "this .ko, that blob" thing is really confusing if you've been out > of the loop for a while, and with older hardwar (its 8+ year old > laptop) its not impossible its fallen off the curve of available .ko > drivers. > > Anyone have any practical guidance to which radeon.ko I want to load? > Not seeing valid Xorg with any of them and finding 640x480 tiresome. In most cases, it should suffice to edit your rc.conf as described at <https://www.freshports.org/graphics/drm-fbsd13-kmod/#message>. If you have not already done so, try installing: x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati Exceptionally ============= % grep -B 1 kld_list /etc/rc.conf # The system may fail to present sddm if kld_list is set to # load radeonkms -- instead, load drm kld_list="cuse fusefs drm" # kld_list="/boot/modules/drm.ko" # kld_list="amdgpu" # kld_list="/boot/modules/radeonkms.ko" # kld_list="radeonkms" %
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