Intel GM45 Express, DisplayPort, and FreeBSD
Mike Burns
mike at mike-burns.com
Wed Dec 16 15:43:57 UTC 2009
What's the status of DisplayPort, especially using an Intel GM45 Express
(Thinkpad T500)?
I've a new monitor that uses DisplayPort but I don't see it mentioned in
dmesg or Xorg.0.log, nor does it show in the GNOME Displays prefs.
This is:
FreeBSD battered.mike-burns.com 7.2-STABLE FreeBSD
7.2-STABLE #0: Wed Aug 5 14:30:30 EDT 2009
root at battered.mike-burns.com:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/BATTERED
amd64
With these ports:
xorg-7.4_2 X.Org complete distribution metaport
xorg-apps-7.4_1 X.org apps meta-port
xorg-docs-1.4,1 X.org documentation files
xorg-drivers-7.4_2 X.org drivers meta-port
xorg-fonts-100dpi-7.4 X.Org 100dpi bitmap fonts
xorg-fonts-7.4 X.org fonts meta-port
xorg-fonts-75dpi-7.4 X.Org 75dpi bitmap fonts
xorg-fonts-cyrillic-7.4 X.Org Cyrillic bitmap fonts
xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps-7.4 X.Org miscellaneous bitmap fonts
xorg-fonts-truetype-7.4 X.Org TrueType fonts
xorg-fonts-type1-7.4 X.Org Type1 fonts
xorg-libraries-7.4 X.org libraries meta-port
xorg-macros-1.2.1 X.Org development aclocal macros
xorg-server-1.6.1,1 X.Org X server and related programs
xorg-vfbserver-1.6.1,1 X virtual framebuffer server from X.Org
Is this under development? Is there a patch? Is the problem in FreeBSD,
Xorg, or both? Is there somewhere I should donate money to this cause?
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