How to configure a desired screen resolution

[Arto Pekkanen]

https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics

If this list is up-to-date, then you can only use VESA for the time being. Radeon 8xxx series not yet supported by any driver. I don't know why Kevin thinks 8xxx series would be supported. But it does not matter because you can just test if KMS works. Just install 10.1-RC version of FreeBSD, install X.org as instructed in the handbook. If it doesn't work, then use VESA. That's all there is to it really.

PS. Legacy X.org is no longer in official package repository, thus I recommend everybody to update into 10.1-RC asap ... less problems that way.

On 17.10.2014 16:03, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
> 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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