How do I get the xf86-video-intel to work on a DELL D610 under FreeBSD 6.4?

Robert Noland rnoland at FreeBSD.org
Tue Jan 20 18:30:17 PST 2009


On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 13:19 +1100, Mark Andrews wrote:
>  > Ok, I think maybe I see what is going on.  Try not loading
> acpi_video.
> > 6 doesn't appear to have vgapci which iirc, is needed for both acpi
> and
> > agp to attach to the device.
> > 
> > robert.
> 
>         That did it.  Thanks.
> 
>         Now where is the best place to record this bit of information
>         for others to find?

Looking at the tree, acpi_video looks like it has been in 6 for a long
time... at least 2 years.  I'm not sure why vgapci was never MFC'd.
This is only an issue on 6.  7 and 8 will allow both to attach via
vgapci.

robert.

>         Mark
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