recommendation(s) for new computer

[doug]

On Fri, 20 Apr 2012, Mark Felder wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:34:11 -0500, Dale Scott <dalescott at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> As do Intel (video) drivers....
>
> Not if they require GEM/KMS like all the modern variants do; they're not 
> supported in FreeBSD yet. I have a laptop (Google CR48) that's running the 
> very experimental GEM/KMS code because otherwise it's stuck with a horrible 
> resolution. Even with a custom kernel and custom ports/X11 patches it still 
> has quirks like not being able to get your vty back after you start X.

Is there a PR on this, or at least are the developers aware of it? I could not 
find a PR. I am running an out-of-the-box 9.0. I tested xorg 7.5 with nothing 
else other than xdm installed does and got this result. This makes it impossible 
to investigate any other issues that might arise.

My setup:
   FreeBSD artemis.boltsys.com 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0:
   Tue Jan  3 07:46:30 UTC 2012
   root at farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64

   xorg-7.5.1
   xdm-1.1.11
   twm-1.0.7

xorg.conf
   Section "Monitor"
         #DisplaySize      410   260     # mm
         Identifier   "Monitor0"
         VendorName   "ACR"
         ModelName    "AL1916W"
         HorizSync    30.0 - 82.0
         VertRefresh  56.0 - 75.0
         Option      "DPMS"
   EndSection

   Section "Device"
         Identifier  "Card0"
         Driver      "radeon"
         VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
         BoardName   "Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310]"
         BusID       "PCI:0:1:0"
   EndSection