Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 13:32:52 +0200 From: Ingvar Harjaks <ingvar@somecodehere.com> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xf86-video-intel upgrade, anyone? Message-ID: <20110105113252.GA58069@somecodehere.com> In-Reply-To: <20110105132302.GG1850@uriah.heep.sax.de> References: <20110105091240.GF1850@uriah.heep.sax.de> <20110105082509.GA57232@somecodehere.com> <20110105132302.GG1850@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 02:23:02PM +0100, Joerg Wunsch wrote: > As Ingvar Harjaks wrote: > > > Which chipset? > > I have troubles figuring out what all the different names actually > stand for ... If I figured it out correctly, it's either G45 or > GMA X4500. > > > I guess it probably needs GEM support to work. > > Currenty there's no support for it on FreeBSD. > > OK, that would mean to return the laptop then. I don't want to start > maintaining a different OS just for that. > > Does perhaps anyone have another recommendation for a stat-of-the-art > Dell notebook that works well with FreeBSD (at least from the X11 > perspective)? That way, we could perhaps have it replaced at the > dealer, rather than a complete return. > Check the release notes and man pages for new hardware before buying it. Radeon looks the most supported driver on FreeBSD. Ingvar
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