Xorg support for adding a graphics card
When I slid froward from FreeBSD 7.2 and Xorg (whatever) to 8.0 and xorg-7.4_4 I lost the ability to use the graphics card I had added to my Dell PE300 built in the last century. I was told the ability to have two cards in one box was lost due to int10 provided by libpciaccess. Is this still the case? The BIOS on the PE300 does not allow the on-board card to 'disappear'. I can not find any information to suggest things have changed. _ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com d...@safeport.com Voice: 301-217-9220 Fax: 301-217-9277 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Xorg support for adding a graphics card
On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 17:08:23 -0500 (EST) d...@safeport.com articulated: > When I slid froward from FreeBSD 7.2 and Xorg (whatever) to 8.0 and > xorg-7.4_4 I lost the ability to use the graphics card I had added to > my Dell PE300 built in the last century. I was told the ability to > have two cards in one box was lost due to int10 provided by > libpciaccess. > > Is this still the case? The BIOS on the PE300 does not allow the > on-board card to 'disappear'. I can not find any information to > suggest things have changed. Isn't there a jumper on the motherboard that can be used to disable the on board card? Not all motherboards had one but it is worth a check anyway, assuming you have not done so all ready. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ Every dog has its day, but the nights belong to the pussycats. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Xorg support for adding a graphics card
On Mon, 8 Nov 2010, Jerry wrote: On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 17:08:23 -0500 (EST) d...@safeport.com articulated: When I slid froward from FreeBSD 7.2 and Xorg (whatever) to 8.0 and xorg-7.4_4 I lost the ability to use the graphics card I had added to my Dell PE300 built in the last century. I was told the ability to have two cards in one box was lost due to int10 provided by libpciaccess. Is this still the case? The BIOS on the PE300 does not allow the on-board card to 'disappear'. I can not find any information to suggest things have changed. Isn't there a jumper on the motherboard that can be used to disable the on board card? Not all motherboards had one but it is worth a check anyway, assuming you have not done so all ready. I was not aware of the possibility - thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Xorg support for adding a graphics card
On Mon, 8 Nov 2010, doug wrote: On Mon, 8 Nov 2010, Jerry wrote: On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 17:08:23 -0500 (EST) d...@safeport.com articulated: When I slid froward from FreeBSD 7.2 and Xorg (whatever) to 8.0 and xorg-7.4_4 I lost the ability to use the graphics card I had added to my Dell PE300 built in the last century. I was told the ability to have two cards in one box was lost due to int10 provided by libpciaccess. Is this still the case? The BIOS on the PE300 does not allow the on-board card to 'disappear'. I can not find any information to suggest things have changed. Isn't there a jumper on the motherboard that can be used to disable the on board card? Not all motherboards had one but it is worth a check anyway, assuming you have not done so all ready. I was not aware of the possibility - thanks The PE300 has no documented jumpers on the mother board effecting the VGA. Am I correct in my understanding that this is a FreeBSD issue that makes Xorg a 'victim'? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Xorg support for adding a graphics card
doug wrote: On Mon, 8 Nov 2010, doug wrote: On Mon, 8 Nov 2010, Jerry wrote: On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 17:08:23 -0500 (EST) d...@safeport.com articulated: When I slid froward from FreeBSD 7.2 and Xorg (whatever) to 8.0 and xorg-7.4_4 I lost the ability to use the graphics card I had added to my Dell PE300 built in the last century. I was told the ability to have two cards in one box was lost due to int10 provided by libpciaccess. Is this still the case? The BIOS on the PE300 does not allow the on-board card to 'disappear'. I can not find any information to suggest things have changed. Isn't there a jumper on the motherboard that can be used to disable the on board card? Not all motherboards had one but it is worth a check anyway, assuming you have not done so all ready. I was not aware of the possibility - thanks The PE300 has no documented jumpers on the mother board effecting the VGA. Am I correct in my understanding that this is a FreeBSD issue that makes Xorg a 'victim'? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Check the motherboard bios setup to disable the on motherboard vga port. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Xorg support for adding a graphics card
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, Fbsd8 wrote: doug wrote: On Mon, 8 Nov 2010, doug wrote: On Mon, 8 Nov 2010, Jerry wrote: On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 17:08:23 -0500 (EST) d...@safeport.com articulated: When I slid froward from FreeBSD 7.2 and Xorg (whatever) to 8.0 and xorg-7.4_4 I lost the ability to use the graphics card I had added to my Dell PE300 built in the last century. I was told the ability to have two cards in one box was lost due to int10 provided by libpciaccess. Is this still the case? The BIOS on the PE300 does not allow the on-board card to 'disappear'. I can not find any information to suggest things have changed. Isn't there a jumper on the motherboard that can be used to disable the on board card? Not all motherboards had one but it is worth a check anyway, assuming you have not done so all ready. I was not aware of the possibility - thanks The PE300 has no documented jumpers on the mother board effecting the VGA. Am I correct in my understanding that this is a FreeBSD issue that makes Xorg a 'victim'? ___ Check the motherboard bios setup to disable the on motherboard vga port. Thanks. The [latest] BIOS has one VGA option: Video DAC Snoop Controls how VGA and graphics devices on the PCI or AGP bus respond to palette register accesses. * On - forces VGA and graphics devices to snoop VGA palette register accesses and forward them to the ISA bus. * Off - (the default) forces VGA and graphics devices to respond positively to palette register accesses. There is no hardware relief for the Dell PE300 that does not involve modifying the mother, assuming that is possible. I have [mostly] covered the fact that I have 1152x864 as the screen resolution by making things smaller in KDE and setting fonts in xterm. This system was made less useful by upgrading to FreeBSD 8. I am trying to find out if support for multiple VGA cards is in the works and what needs to change for that to happen. _ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com d...@safeport.com Voice: 301-217-9220 Fax: 301-217-9277 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Xorg support for adding a graphics card
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, d...@safeport.com wrote: Thanks. The [latest] BIOS has one VGA option: Video DAC Snoop Controls how VGA and graphics devices on the PCI or AGP bus respond to palette register accesses. * On - forces VGA and graphics devices to snoop VGA palette register accesses and forward them to the ISA bus. * Off - (the default) forces VGA and graphics devices to respond positively to palette register accesses. Is there a "Init Graphics Card First" that can be set to AGP/PCI? That would let the preferred card be seen first. Still only one card. I don't know what's needed for multi-card xorg support on FreeBSD, but I suspect it won't happen soon. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Xorg support for adding a graphics card
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, Warren Block wrote: On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, d...@safeport.com wrote: Thanks. The [latest] BIOS has one VGA option: Video DAC Snoop Controls how VGA and graphics devices on the PCI or AGP bus respond to palette register accesses. * On - forces VGA and graphics devices to snoop VGA palette register accesses and forward them to the ISA bus. * Off - (the default) forces VGA and graphics devices to respond positively to palette register accesses. Is there a "Init Graphics Card First" that can be set to AGP/PCI? That would let the preferred card be seen first. Still only one card. I don't know what's needed for multi-card xorg support on FreeBSD, but I suspect it won't happen soon. No such option. I would go back to 7.3 except I did not save various packages and it would take several months to compile what I have :) thanks for the thought. _ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com d...@safeport.com Voice: 301-217-9220 Fax: 301-217-9277 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
