Re: HoneyComb LX2 as a desktop

On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 11:42 AM Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws> wrote:

> Would freebsd current with drm-61-kmod work better?
>
> Regards,
> Ronald
>

Or, for the less brave, 14-STABLE which supports drm-61-kmod. 14.1 is in
the release process, so you will be able to run 14.1-RELEASE using
drm-61-kmod fairly soon.


> *Van:* Dmitry Salychev <dsl@FreeBSD.org>
> *Datum:* 3 mei 2024 12:18
> *Aan:* freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org
> *CC:* freebsd-arm@freebsd.org, freebsd-desktop@freebsd.org
> *Onderwerp:* HoneyComb LX2 as a desktop
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I spent several days experimenting with my HoneyComb and two GPUs
> (GeForce GTX 1070 and Radeon R9 270X) left from the previously built
> desktops. Results have been mostly disappointing so far. Take a look:
>
> - both GPUs are discoverable on the PCI bus;
> - graphics/drm-510-kmod + graphics/gpu-firmware-amd-kmod (pitcairn
>   flavor) allow me to load firmware and attach drmn0;
> - neither graphics/nvidia-drm-kmod nor x11/nvidia-driver cannot be used
>   on aarch64, it seems;
> - xorg + kde5 start, but have some really annoying graphics glitches;
> - xorg + xfce4 start as well, but graphics glitches make it impossible
>   to use at all.
>
> Does anyone use HoneyComb as a desktop? If so, which GPU/driver?
>
> Regards,
> Dmitry
>
> --
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/DmitrySalychev
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