xf86-video-intel upgrade, anyone?

[Ingvar Harjaks]

On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 02:23:02PM +0100, Joerg Wunsch wrote:
> As Ingvar Harjaks wrote:
> 
> > Which chipset?
> 
> I have troubles figuring out what all the different names actually
> stand for ...  If I figured it out correctly, it's either G45 or
> GMA X4500.
> 
> > I guess it probably needs GEM support to work.
> > Currenty there's no support for it on FreeBSD.
> 
> OK, that would mean to return the laptop then.  I don't want to start
> maintaining a different OS just for that.
> 
> Does perhaps anyone have another recommendation for a stat-of-the-art
> Dell notebook that works well with FreeBSD (at least from the X11
> perspective)?  That way, we could perhaps have it replaced at the
> dealer, rather than a complete return.
> 
Check the release notes and man pages for new hardware before buying it.
Radeon looks the most supported driver on FreeBSD. 

Ingvar