Re: HoneyComb LX2 as a desktop

From: Ronald Klop <ronald-lists_at_klop.ws>
Date: Sat, 04 May 2024 18:41:41 UTC
Would freebsd current with drm-61-kmod work better?

Regards,
Ronald

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

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> Hi,
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> 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:
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> - 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.
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> Does anyone use HoneyComb as a desktop? If so, which GPU/driver?
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> Regards,
> Dmitry
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> --
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/DmitrySalychev
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