ATI graphics card on FreeBSD10: Xorg -configure fails (No DRICreatePCIBusID symbol)

[Thomas Mueller]

> On 02/21/14 07:57, Thomas Mueller wrote:

> > Regarding WITH_GALLIUM, how would you design such parameters for an installation that could run on a wide variety of computers?
        
> The WITH_KMS option was removed some time ago, KMS is now the default
> with building WITH_NEW_XORG.  With regards to gallium, that had to be
> made an option, since it brings in heavy dependencies in the form of
> llvm, which might not be desirable if compiling on slower computers.
        
> There are more instructions and information on
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics#Ports

> Regards!
--
> Niclas

Probability that I would actually use gallium from my USB-stick installation is really low, so I do best to avoid the unnecessary freight.

To run on a wide variety of computers, there is the sissy way, namely vesa, to avoid the error-prone attempt to simultaneously optimize for may different systems.

Tom