Re: is 4k desktop possible on freebsd-12?
Scott Bennett <[email protected]>
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tech lists <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/10/2018 11:17, tech-lists wrote: > > I'm trying to get xorg to display 4k. The context is: > > > > FreeBSD 12.0-ALPHA8 r339084 amd64 > > ports r481640 > > AMD RX580 GPU > > Asus X99 Extreme3 mobo > > cpu: intel e5-2699v4 > > 48GB RAM > > Samsung UE48JU6410U monitor connected via HDMI > > > > drm-next-kmod-4.11.g20180822 > > Hi, just to follow up to this, > > I'd run out of time to work on this so installed latest ubuntu desktop, > then ran xrandr and it showed 4k as the top resolution. I didn't have to > make any modifications: > > [snip] > DisplayPort-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > HDMI-A-0 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x > axis y axis) 1872mm x 1053mm > 3840x2160 30.00 + 25.00 24.00 29.97 23.98 > 4096x2160 30.00 25.00 24.00 29.97 23.98 > [/snip] > > and then, additionally, installed boinc-client-opencl and boinc was able > to see the GPUand use it for crunching. > > On FreeBSD I couldn't see a way of making the boinc client OpenCL-aware. Have you installed lang/clover? If not, then that may be why you don't see any devices there. For Nvidia, it would be lang/beignet instead. > > On the plus side, FreeBSD was much more stable on this hardware than > Ubuntu. Had to disable hyperthreading in the BIOS to stop it crashing > every few hrs on Ubuntu. > > It would be interesting to know, if possible, what Ubuntu is doing that > FreeBSD isn't on this hardware. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at sdf.org *xor* bennett at freeshell.org * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"