Re: Is the graphics on AMD A8-7410 APU (Radeon R5 Graphics) supported?

On 2022-03-23 14:57, Pete Wright wrote:
> On 3/23/22 14:44, Chris wrote:
>> On a releng/13 install. I've installed the drm-kmod and loaded both the 
>> amdgpu
>> and the radeonkms (at different times). I also installed the xf86-ati 
>> driver.
>> But X isn't happy with it. This is in a laptop with the A8-7410. It claims
>> Radeon R5 (formerly Carrizo). I find no mention of it in the on the FBSD 
>> Graphics
>> wiki, or any of the links from there. Has anyone set one of these up 
>> sucessfully?
>> Is it even possible? If so, what must I do?
> 
> hey chris - what happens when you load the amdgpu driver via rc.conf?  does 
> it
> load correctly, or does the system crash on boot? for example what does 
> "dmesg |
> grep drm" look like?
Hey pete, thanks for the prompt reply!
It "flashes" but the resolution doesn't appear to change. It's booting UEFI, 
if that
should matter. grep(1) output attached. It's a bit long to paste inline.
> 
> assuming it does load successfully i think you are using the wrong xorg 
> driver as
> the xf86-ati driver is ATI not amd devices.  Does loading xf86-video-amdgpu 
> work
> better?
You're probably right. I'll give that a try.

Thanks again! :-)
> 
> cheers,
> -pete
--Chris