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Date:      Thu, 21 Jun 2018 20:41:21 -0700
From:      Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ATI video problem - slow desktop - 100% cpu load [semi-solved]
Message-ID:  <86zhznbi8u.fsf@elm.localnet>
In-Reply-To: <20180622015757.GA52468@quark.hightek.org> (Vincent Stemen's message of "Thu, 21 Jun 2018 20:57:57 -0500")
References:  <20180619212311.GA36401@quark.hightek.org> <20180620194347.GA87224@quark.hightek.org> <CAMXt9NZEPFwVKwD8gu=vSZqf_7LuioJj2jvq0=Cw018yfwtXRg@mail.gmail.com> <20180622015757.GA52468@quark.hightek.org>

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Vincent Stemen <vince.bsd@hightek.org> writes:

> You must load radeonkms.ko after the system is fully booted.
>
>     # kldload radeonkms
>
> That automatically loads the other 3 modules and initializes the console where
> the console text goes into higher resolution mode.  Then X and the desktop
> environments work and seem to be fully functional, including transparency, etc.
>
> So I can either put it in /etc/rc.local, to be run at boot time, or put it in
> an X startup script wrapper.  Note that it must be run prior to startx because
> it must be loaded before launching the X server.  So it cannot be put in
> ~/.xinitrc.

Have you tried loading it with kld_list in /etc/rc.conf?  Those get
loaded during boot, but it might be late enough to work.  That would be
automated, so it might be a little more convenient.
-- 
Carl Johnson		carlj@peak.org




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