From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 6 09:47:59 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 698B92AF for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2014 09:47:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-x229.google.com (mail-wg0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::229]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F2B642D67 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2014 09:47:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f41.google.com with SMTP id z12so2343121wgg.12 for ; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 02:47:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=WgCi4csBYwT3ywC8maQj3vtsCK7XTS97R6/dv+q+3j0=; b=QIYik8OKTGyAwUdCh6TgJekyX6S8gRhZ/jlyN+WrLDPxcc0wEG7U7Qc1g2Z0k52yD6 M22L4fiWV8SjZEiDzMPCnB10fsDSQM2/MUIyg9QmzrhhuaH+lSPKy9DkLIYeghNSGqjG rjdvq5iIdlHUhrOa2ftG4IL8dy0ji7lmEYhAVA96XE1aTsG6MifnPUBgr2H49QGr930d bqd3V2xdHDfXIQHqJ6fziNzbE4ncT0fqjXOOaopHT4eAdCVuo6iDnOkXcU2DSJaBX28Q Rz/Yg1vLh6snIstXNtd/+s8j+Ce4id+Fh1Z9ANSV5Zf7hrS6ggetCowim/7vOJ4yOHEk vgHQ== X-Received: by 10.180.19.227 with SMTP id i3mr48392689wie.45.1407318477151; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 02:47:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (host86-171-147-226.range86-171.btcentralplus.com. [86.171.147.226]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ft6sm2351727wic.0.2014.08.06.02.47.53 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 06 Aug 2014 02:47:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <53E1F9C9.2030606@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 10:47:53 +0100 From: Jamie Griffin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Determining Video Hardware For "WITH_NEW_XORG" References: <53DF42C2.1000707@gmail.com> <53E08444.2010908@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 09:47:59 -0000 On 05/08/2014 13:18, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 5 Aug 2014, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > >> >> On 04/08/2014 21:18, Warren Block wrote: >>> On Mon, 4 Aug 2014, Jamie Griffin wrote: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> Having looked at dmesg output and the information provided by >>>> FreeBSD devs about supported video hardware for WITH_NEW_XORG >>>> compilation knob, I would like to ask if you can confirm what I >>>> have determined my video hardware is: >>>> >>>> from dmesg: >>>> agp0: Intel Q45 SVGA controller >>>> >>>> from pciconf: >>>> vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x304817aa >>>> chip=0x2e128086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 >>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation' >>>> device = '4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller' >>>> class = display >>>> subclass = VGA >>>> vgapci1@pci0:0:2:1: class=0x038000 card=0x304817aa >>>> chip=0x2e138086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 >>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation' >>>> device = '4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller' >>>> class = display >>>> >>>> So my graphics hardware is codename 'Eaglelake' with device id 2e12. >>> >>> Really, it's easier to tell based on which processor. The Q45 is >>> Core2, I think. >> >> My processor is a "Pentium" with 2 cores. Not i[357], just Pentium. >> It's a fairly low-end machine. > > Right, but the Q45 chipset was part of the Core2 generation. They had > Pentiums and Celerons as part of that family. There are Pentiums and > Celerons from the current generation. Intel is terrible at making > these distinct. I actually have a P45 motherboard that is very > similar. If it is in usable condition, I might be able to test it. > >>> Again, as far as I know, you can use the latest Intel KMS driver. >> >> Thank you for clarifying, it is a bit of a relief to know that. I've >> waited ages before upgrading everything until I could be sure it's >> not going to be in vain and have to revert back to older software. > > Keep in mind that even if the onboard video did not work, a cheap > Radeon card could be added. Any from the 4000-6000 series ought to > work,along with many earlier ones. Just an after-thought: if I point pkg(8) to the with_new_xorg repository will it be able to upgrade packages from that as well as the regular repo?