ATI video problem - slow desktop - 100% cpu load [semi-solved]

[Vincent Stemen]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 08:41:21PM -0700, Carl Johnson wrote:
> Vincent Stemen <vince.bsd at hightek.org> writes:
> 
> > You must load radeonkms.ko after the system is fully booted.
> >
> >     # kldload radeonkms
> >
> > That automatically loads the other 3 modules and initializes the console where
> > the console text goes into higher resolution mode.  Then X and the desktop
> > environments work and seem to be fully functional, including transparency, etc.
> >
> > So I can either put it in /etc/rc.local, to be run at boot time, or put it in
> > an X startup script wrapper.  Note that it must be run prior to startx because
> > it must be loaded before launching the X server.  So it cannot be put in
> > ~/.xinitrc.
> 
> Have you tried loading it with kld_list in /etc/rc.conf?  Those get
> loaded during boot, but it might be late enough to work.  That would be
> automated, so it might be a little more convenient.
> -- 
> Carl Johnson		carlj at peak.org

Thanks Carl.  Yes, that also worked.  

So, in summary, you can load the radeonkms.ko module from $kld_list in
/etc/rc.conf or put "kldload radeonkms" in /etc/rc.local.  I find it to
be about the same convenience either way.

Vince