Acceleration

Contents

Acceleration

Intel

$/!\$ The following instructions only apply to amd64 and x86 systems with Intel graphics. Skip ahead for Nvidia and Radeon GPUs.

You have two video driver choices below. Choose the drm-kmod driver. If this fails, go with the xf86-video-intel driver. The commands below switch to root, install a kernel module, either reboot or switch back to your normal login, and finally start a new X session. Time to decide:

$ su -
 (enter root password)
# pkg install drm-kmod
# sysrc kld_list="/boot/modules/i915kms.ko"
# reboot

... or ...

$ su -
 (enter root password)
# pkg install xf86-video-intel

Try the first. If X won't start, try the latter option as a last resort. If you need to switch drivers, be sure to remove the old one. Example: you tried drm-kmod which did not work so you remove it and install xf86-video-intel.

$ su -
 (enter root password)
# pkg remove drm-legacy-kmod
# sysrc kld_list-=/boot/modules/i915kms.ko
# pkg install xf86-video-intel
# reboot

Back to your ordinary login ...

$ startx

At this point you should have a working X session with accelerated Intel graphics.

Nvidia

TODO

Radeon

$/!\$ The following instructions only apply to amd64 and x86 systems with Radeon graphics.

You have two video driver choices below. Try the drm-kmod driver first. If this fails, go with the xf86-video-ati driver. The commands below switch to root, install a kernel module, either reboot or switch back to your normal login, and finally start a new X session. Time to decide:

$ su -
 (enter root password)
# pkg install drm-kmod
# sysrc kld_list="/boot/modules/radeonkms.ko"
# reboot

... or ...

$ su -
 (enter root password)
# pkg install xf86-video-ati

Try the first. If X won't start, try the latter as a last resort.

CategoryHowTo