How to configure a desired screen resolution

[William A. Mahaffey III]

On 10/16/14 22:24, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Gerd Hafenbrack <hafenbrack at freenet.de>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2014-10-16 23:37, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>>
>>> ...
>>> The problem is that the 7000 is supported with Gallium, but the 8000 is
>>> listed as no working. ...
>>>
>> With 7000 and 8000 you mean the integrated graphics in the APUs?
>> Why should the HD 7xxxD be supported and the HD 8xxxD not?
>> It is the same TeraScale 3 (VLIW4) architecture.
>>
> Just checked https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics/WITH_NEW_XORG and the "Not
> supported" is no longer there. In fact, it now shows all AMD GPUs working
> on 9.3, 10.x and HEAD, so I was providing old information. Of course, OP
> lists 8.4/10.1-RC and all newer AMD GPUs are a no-go on 8.4 but working on
> 10.1-RC. So the answer is to build a kernel WITH_GALLIUM and run 10.1-RC2.
> Be sure /usr/ports is up to date as NEW_XORG became default on all branches
> on Oct. 3. An older tree will still default to the old Xorg for 8 and 9. 10
> got NEW_XORG as default on Oct. 1. The wiki page lists which ports which
> require a rebuild if moving to NEW_XORG.
> --
> Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired
> rkoberman at gmail.com
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Hmmmm .... I read on that page that Radeon 5000+ are indeed supported 
under FBSD 9.3 (w/ properly updated X11/xf86) .... I have seen higher 
Radeon numbers separated out on other 
websites(http://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/), so for clarity, I am 
asking if my jaguar onboard GPU is now supported. Relevant xorg.conf 
info below:


Section "Device"
         ### Available Driver options are:-
         ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
         ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
         ### [arg]: arg optional
         #Option     "ShadowFB"                  # [<bool>]
         #Option     "DefaultRefresh"            # [<bool>]
         #Option     "ModeSetClearScreen"        # [<bool>]
         Identifier  "Card0"
         Driver      "vesa"
         VendorName  "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]"
         BoardName   "Kabini [Radeon HD 8280 / R3 Series]"
         BusID       "PCI:0:1:0"
EndSection


I am obviously using the basic vesa driver, as that was required to get 
any gfx working (no problema, I knew that when I built the system, very 
new hardware, probably not fully supported yet). Performance is pretty 
bad w/ OpenGL screen savers, for example, w/ refreshes measured in fpm 
(no typo), not fps. What driver should I be using to get full(er?) gfx 
performance now ? TIA ....


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