On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 3:47 PM Michael <macallan1888%gmail.com@localhost> wrote: > > Hello, > > On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:59:35 -0700 > Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling%kev009.com@localhost> wrote: > > > With the modesetting default of AccelMethod "glamor", X will not start with: > > glamor requires at least 128 instructions (64 reported) > > > > So it seems the older EXA radeon might be preferable, but something is > > going wrong in the kernel. Has anyone looked into this drm stuff > > recently? > > Do you actually care about DRM? If all you want is 2D accelerated X > with xrender and a fast console you may be better off with radeonfb and > the old, pre-KMS radeon driver. This is the default on macppc and > sparc64 but hasn't been tested much on anything else. > Will need > options RADEONFB_BIOS_INIT > if your card's connectors aren't the usual VGA and DVI. Hi Michael, I am just experimenting with a sentimental laptop and seeing what it can do. The device under test is a ThinkPad T42p. I have a sister system, an X40, with fairly less specs (low voltage Dothan CPU, Intel Extreme graphics while the T42p is the maximum config of that era) running XP and it can plausibly browse the web using a vintage Firefox derivative like Mypal browser. I am trying to see if I can get the firefox52 in pkgsrc to work at similar or better speed. I think it needs full hw accel or opengl to have a chance to perform. > have fun > Michael