From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 15 23:23:47 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E61D574A for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:23:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ACCAE2A8F for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:23:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.27] (rbn1-216-180-19-81.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.19.81]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id s7FNNbAU013991 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 15 Aug 2014 18:23:37 -0500 Message-ID: <53EE97F0.3000304@hiwaay.net> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 18:29:52 -0500 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Polytropon Subject: Re: Putting my new FreeBSD 9.3 desktop online .... References: <53EBE6D6.8090501@hiwaay.net> <20140814072430.5e39c3bc.freebsd@edvax.de> <53ED2189.6020408@hiwaay.net> <53EE14FA.8060601@hiwaay.net> <53EE3C8D.3040008@hiwaay.net> <53EE4416.5090807@hiwaay.net> <20140815193657.b7a67359.freebsd@edvax.de> <53EE4749.5090000@hiwaay.net> <20140815194601.d0108283.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20140815194601.d0108283.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:23:48 -0000 On 08/15/14 12:46, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:45:45 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> On 08/15/14 12:36, Polytropon wrote: >>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:32:06 -0500, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >>>> Hmmmm .... I don't know what got attached, my xorg.conf specifies vesa >>>> gfx driver .... >>> That also sounds wrong. What kind of graphics card are >>> you actually using? Typical answers: ATI, nVidia, Intel... >>> Follow-up question: Did you install the -driver >>> package (in case of nVidia: nvidia-driver)? >>> >>> >> AMD jaguar kabini CPU, GPU on die w/ CPU, not yet supported by X.org ..... > No support with the ATI driver? That would have been my first > guess. Anyway, "nvidia" as a driver is wrong in that case, > and "vesa" should at least work, even if it doesn't provide > sufficient 3D power. > > > xconfig didn't pick it out .... just because it's ATI doesn't mean it supports this new gfx set. I looked on X.org, & this GPU (Kabini [Radeon HD 8280 / R3 Series]) isn't even mentioned, & the next 2 under it are listed as unsupported or partially supported .... No biggie, I expected that, & would guess they'll get on that soon .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.