Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 11:36:52 -0400 From: Chris Wells <freebsd@chriswells.io> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Working Video Card: Radeon RX 550 Message-ID: <91f68bbc-e64a-a7ce-c568-874dad915be2@chriswells.io> In-Reply-To: <3076dea6-e723-7d91-e690-b38877300787@chriswells.io> References: <3076dea6-e723-7d91-e690-b38877300787@chriswells.io>
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Just as a quick update: I switched from xf86-video-ati to xf86-video-amdgpu. This card also works with 3 monitors using automatic configuration. It never displays the login while resuming if I'm logged into KDE and the screen locks. I simply disabled the "lock screen automatically" setting to work around it. Chris On 4/8/19 9:04 PM, Chris Wells wrote: > My very old video card finally died today, so I picked up something less > old. It's not on the AMD-GPU-Matrix wiki page, but it does work. I'm > providing hardware info (attached) to document it per the instructions > on this page: > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics#Test_Results > > This is the card: > > https://smile.amazon.com/XFX-AMD-Radeon-Core-RX-550P4SFG5/dp/B071QXB522/ > > I'm running KDE from the quarterly pkg branch using a dual-monitor setup > with no manual X11 config. I'll be able to test with 3 monitors when a > DisplayPort to HDMI cable arrives in 2 days. > > I have this in loader.conf as instructed on the Graphics page: > > hw.syscons.disable=1 > > FYI: I did not set that with my old Radeon HD 5450 card since I didn't > know it was "needed," but it worked anyway. This card appears to > require it. > > This is in rc.conf: > > kld_list="/boot/modules/amdgpu.ko" > > The following page lists older hardware as using the amdgpu module via > drm-kmod port while others do not say "via the port." Does that mean > that I should NOT use the port? > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/AMD-GPU-Matrix > > Two things worth noting: > > 1) The output during boot is garbled, so I have to "guess" when to enter > the password for my backup disk. My guess is that's due to > hw.syscons.disable=1 based on the Graphics page. > > 2) Sound isn't working in Firefox anymore, so I'll need to find a fix > for that. > > Thanks for all the effort you folks put into this. It was really nice > to pick a somewhat random card, plug it in, and have it work with just a > couple of config file updates. > > Chris
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