Hardware acceleration
reddit / freebsd

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Netris89 · 2021-12-15 20:21

Hi,

I've been really interested in trying FreeBSD and so I decided to set
up a VM using VWMare Workstation to play a bit with it. Installing the
OS and a DE went fine. But I've quickly realized almost anything I do
is really taxing on the CPU (spikes to \~80%).
I tried searching how to enable HW acceleration but after reading [the
doc about
vmware](https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vmware&apropos=0)
and [the one about xorg.conf](https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?quer
y=xorg.conf&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+10.1-
RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=default&format=html), I'm really confused about
how to achieve what I want.
Could anyone point me in the right direction ?

Thanks in advance.

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[deleted] · 2021-12-15 23:08

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rykolepl · 2021-12-16 09:12

Xorg should be able to auto-configure itself when you have no
xorg.conf.

Try changing model of GPU in vmware workstation settings.

Or, just install freebsd on seperate hard disk and dual-boot.

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Netris89 · 2021-12-16 09:29

I'll give it a shot. Thank you.