Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:40:04 -0400 (EDT) From: doug <doug@fledge.watson.org> To: Mark Felder <feld@feld.me> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: recommendation(s) for new computer Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1204221448150.87726@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <op.wc2zsxdm34t2sn@tech304> References: <4F917E90.9000205@uni-dortmund.de> <op.wc2xcbkw34t2sn@tech304> <cc6d0a6a-79b2-45b5-8ffd-b8ff11ba8604@cds005.dcs.int.inet> <op.wc2zsxdm34t2sn@tech304>
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On Fri, 20 Apr 2012, Mark Felder wrote: > On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:34:11 -0500, Dale Scott <dalescott@shaw.ca> wrote: > >> As do Intel (video) drivers.... > > Not if they require GEM/KMS like all the modern variants do; they're not > supported in FreeBSD yet. I have a laptop (Google CR48) that's running the > very experimental GEM/KMS code because otherwise it's stuck with a horrible > resolution. Even with a custom kernel and custom ports/X11 patches it still > has quirks like not being able to get your vty back after you start X. Is there a PR on this, or at least are the developers aware of it? I could not find a PR. I am running an out-of-the-box 9.0. I tested xorg 7.5 with nothing else other than xdm installed does and got this result. This makes it impossible to investigate any other issues that might arise. My setup: FreeBSD artemis.boltsys.com 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 3 07:46:30 UTC 2012 root@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 xorg-7.5.1 xdm-1.1.11 twm-1.0.7 xorg.conf Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 410 260 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "ACR" ModelName "AL1916W" HorizSync 30.0 - 82.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "radeon" VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc" BoardName "Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310]" BusID "PCI:0:1:0" EndSection
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