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From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
To: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Kernel panics with ancient AMD-based graphics (was: video Old
 NVIDIA card, new FreeBSD = failure?)
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In message <33d89cc2-e204-d96d-682c-75d030acf02b@gmail.com>, you wrote:

On 25/06/2021 20:28, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
> ? FreeBSD these days no longer fully supports my admittedly
> ancient AMD-based video card... and as a result, I sometimes
> get kernel crashes (althought not too frequently). ?
What's the card?


Not sure exactly.  It's something with an AMD HD5450 on it.

Why?  can you make my kernel stop crashing?

If so, please do.