Thank you for your help MrMazda.
I was finally able to get modesetting to load in the 5.4.0-58 kernel.
Quote:
$ inxi -G
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Barts PRO [Radeon HD 6850] driver: radeon v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: vesa resolution: 1360x768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: AMD BARTS (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.4.0-58-generic LLVM 12.0.0)
v: 3.3 Mesa 21.2.0-devel (git-d81a6e5 2021-05-08 focal-oibaf-ppa)
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Last night I tried the 5.8 kernel in the hopes to have mesa 4.5 loaded along with modesetting. The result was vesa only loaded with a poor resolution.
Quote:
inxi -G (inxi in 5.8 kernel with mesa 4.5)
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Barts PRO [Radeon HD 6850] driver: N/A
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: loaded: vesa
unloaded: modesetting resolution: 720x400
OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.0 128 bits)
v: 4.5 Mesa 21.2.0-devel (git-d81a6e5 2021-05-08 focal-oibaf-ppa)
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I look forward to trying out modesetting for a while. From what you've blogged about and other articles there seems to be an improved performance. Thanks for the guidance into a fascinating topic.
