{"id":14953,"date":"2025-02-25T11:21:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voidlinux-ppc.org\/?docs=documentation\/configuration\/graphics"},"modified":"2025-02-25T17:41:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:41:19","slug":"graphics","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/voidlinux-ppc.org\/docs\/documentation\/configuration\/graphics\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The goal of this page is to track compatibility with graphics hardware as well as provide information on how to configure some specifics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ATI\/AMD graphics cards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In general this comes down to generation and the port you are running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On older kernels, all AGP Radeon cards are affected by random hangs caused by AGP GART code. You will need to provide radeon.agpmode=-1<\/code> on kernel command line to work around the issue. This is not necessary at least on kernels 4.19 and newer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rage, Rage Pro etc.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> PCI, AGP
OpenGL:<\/strong> 1.2
Works:<\/strong> Console, X11 untested but may work
KMS:<\/strong> No
3D acceleration:<\/strong> No 2D acceleration:<\/strong> X11 (untested) X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-mach64<\/code>
Wayland:<\/strong> Only compositors that support fbdev<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These models can generally be found in some old Macs. The framebuffer console is served by an fbdev<\/code> driver, there is no modern KMS driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In X11, these GPUs are served by the xf86-video-mach64<\/code> driver. It will not work out of box – you need to correctly set up your modelines in xorg.conf.d<\/code> to make it work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rage 128 series<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> PCI, AGP
OpenGL:<\/strong> 1.2
Works:<\/strong> Console, X11 untested but may work
KMS:<\/strong> No
3D acceleration:<\/strong> No 2D acceleration:<\/strong> X11 (untested) X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-r128<\/code>, xf86-video-fbdev<\/code> Wayland:<\/strong> Only compositors that support fbdev<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similar things as above apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radeon 7000 series<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> PCI, AGP
OpenGL:<\/strong> 1.3
Works:<\/strong> Yes, AGP may have issues
KMS:<\/strong> Yes
3D acceleration:<\/strong> Yes
2D acceleration:<\/strong> X11
X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-ati<\/code>
Wayland:<\/strong> Only compositors that support fbdev<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These cards come up, but experience freezes shortly after boot, as far as has been confirmed. 3D acceleration is covered by Mesa. These cards only support fixed-function OpenGL, which means you can’t use the modesetting driver or GLAMOR with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radeon 8000 series to 9250<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> AGP
OpenGL:<\/strong> 1.4
Works:<\/strong> Yes, issues on musl<\/code>
KMS:<\/strong> Yes
3D acceleration:<\/strong> Yes
2D acceleration:<\/strong> X11
X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-ati<\/code>
Wayland:<\/strong> Only compositors that support fbdev<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These cards work, including 3D acceleration. However, on musl<\/code> systems, OpenGL currently renders junk, and there is no known workaround other than using a glibc<\/code> system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since these cards do not support shaders, you can’t use the modesetting driver or GLAMOR with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radeon 9500 and newer, X300 – X600, X1050<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> AGP
OpenGL:<\/strong> 2.0\/2.1
Works:<\/strong> With issues
KMS:<\/strong> Yes
3D acceleration:<\/strong> Yes
2D acceleration:<\/strong> X11, GLAMOR
X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-ati<\/code>, modesetting<\/code>
Wayland:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These cards seemingly work, but experience system hangs when running complex OpenGL applications (the issue manifests e.g. when loading a map in a 3D game).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These cards support shaders and generally render simple things (e.g. glxgears<\/code>) correctly, including on musl<\/code> systems. Being OpenGL 2.1 capable hardware, they can run accelerated Wayland and can use the modesetting<\/code> driver and GLAMOR in X11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In general, things are good enough for desktop work and video, without stability issues. Running games results in those hangs, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radeon X700 – X850, X12xx<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> AGP, PCI Express
OpenGL:<\/strong> 2.0\/2.1
Works:<\/strong> Yes (untested)
KMS:<\/strong> Yes
3D acceleration:<\/strong> Yes
2D acceleration:<\/strong> X11, GLAMOR
X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-ati<\/code>, modesetting<\/code>
Wayland:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These cards should work but haven’t been widely tested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radeon X700 – X850, X12xx<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> AGP, PCI Express
OpenGL:<\/strong> 2.0\/2.1
Works:<\/strong> Yes (untested)
KMS:<\/strong> Yes
3D acceleration:<\/strong> Yes
2D acceleration:<\/strong> X11, GLAMOR
X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-ati<\/code>, modesetting<\/code>
Wayland:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These cards should work but haven’t been widely tested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radeon X1300 – X19xx<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> AGP, PCI Express
OpenGL:<\/strong> 2.0\/2.1
Works:<\/strong> Depending on model
KMS:<\/strong> Yes
3D acceleration:<\/strong> Yes
2D acceleration:<\/strong> X11, GLAMOR
X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-ati<\/code>, modesetting<\/code>
Wayland:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These cards should technically work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, on Macs, at least certain models use a reduced video BIOS, where a part of it is loaded by the OS afterwards. This prevents function in Linux. No workaround is currently known to the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PC versions of the cards should work at least on G4 Macs and so on once booted into Linux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radeon HD 2xxx – 4xxx<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> AGP, PCI Express
OpenGL:<\/strong> 3.3 (3.2 on big endian)
Works:<\/strong> Yes
KMS:<\/strong> Yes
3D acceleration:<\/strong> Yes
2D acceleration:<\/strong> X11, GLAMOR
X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-ati<\/code>, modesetting<\/code>
Wayland:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These cards work. You may experience driver bugs on big endian systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radeon HD 5xxx, 6xxx, 7450, 8450, R5 230\/235 etc.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> PCI Express
OpenGL:<\/strong> 4.4\/4.5 (3.2 on big endian)
Works:<\/strong> Yes
KMS:<\/strong> Yes
3D acceleration:<\/strong> Yes
2D acceleration:<\/strong> X11, GLAMOR
X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-ati<\/code>, modesetting<\/code>
Wayland:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These cards work. You may experience driver bugs on big endian systems. You will also not be able to utilize OpenGL beyond 3.2 on big endian systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are the last cards that function on big endian systems in general. GCN cards currently have broken kernel drivers in all kernels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radeon GCN (HD 7000\/8000 series, R\/RX\/WX series etc.)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> PCI Express
OpenGL:<\/strong> 4.6
Works:<\/strong> Little endian
KMS:<\/strong> Yes
3D acceleration:<\/strong> Yes
2D acceleration:<\/strong> X11, GLAMOR
X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-amdgpu<\/code>, modesetting<\/code>
Wayland:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This includes everything up to Vega. These cards only work on little endian systems due to amdgpu<\/code> kernel driver requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radeon RDNA (Navi)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> PCI Express
OpenGL:<\/strong> 4.6
Works:<\/strong> Little endian and kernel 5.4+
KMS:<\/strong> Yes
3D acceleration:<\/strong> Yes
2D acceleration:<\/strong> X11, GLAMOR
X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-amdgpu<\/code>, modesetting<\/code>
Wayland:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Void, AMD Navi cards (RX 5xxx etc.) work starting with kernel 5.4. In upstream (vanilla) kernel you will need at least 5.6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NVIDIA graphics cards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Support for NVIDIA cards is generally significantly more limited and you will need to use the nouveau<\/code> driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-GeForce (RIVA etc.)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> PCI, AGP
OpenGL:<\/strong> 1.2
Works:<\/strong> Console, X11 may work with fbdev<\/code>
KMS:<\/strong> No
3D acceleration:<\/strong> No
2D acceleration:<\/strong> No
X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-fbdev<\/code>
Wayland:<\/strong> Only compositors that support fbdev<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The framebuffer console is served by an fbdev<\/code> driver, there is no modern KMS driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no 3D acceleration support, you may still be able to get X11 to work with xf86-video-fbdev<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GeForce 2 and older, 4 MX<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> AGP
OpenGL:<\/strong> 1.3
Works:<\/strong> Issues
KMS:<\/strong> Yes
3D acceleration:<\/strong> Yes
2D acceleration:<\/strong> X11
X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-nouveau<\/code>
Wayland:<\/strong> Only compositors that support fbdev<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least GeForce 2 MX only comes up in kernel 4.4, with newer kernels failing to initialize the card. It is not known whether this affects GeForce 3 and 4 MX series as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

X11 will not come up on GeForce 2 MX. There is some issue with the video outputs disappearing when scanning EDID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GeForce 3 and 4<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> AGP
OpenGL:<\/strong> 1.3
Works:<\/strong> Unknown
KMS:<\/strong> Yes
3D acceleration:<\/strong> Yes
2D acceleration:<\/strong> X11
X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-nouveau<\/code>
Wayland:<\/strong> Only compositors that support fbdev<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is currently unknown whether these cards work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GeForce FX<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> AGP
OpenGL:<\/strong> 2.1
Works:<\/strong> Unknown
KMS:<\/strong> Yes
3D acceleration:<\/strong> Yes
2D acceleration:<\/strong> X11, GLAMOR
X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-nouveau<\/code>
Wayland:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is currently unknown whether these cards work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GeForce 6xxx, 7xxx<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> AGP, PCI Express
OpenGL:<\/strong> 2.1
Works:<\/strong> Yes
KMS:<\/strong> Yes
3D acceleration:<\/strong> Yes
2D acceleration:<\/strong> X11, GLAMOR
X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-nouveau<\/code>
Wayland:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These cards work, but suffer from nouveau<\/code> bugs, which may cause broken rendering in various applications. Some video pixel formats may also be broken. In general it is good enough for video and accelerated desktop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GeForce 8xxx, 9xxx, 200 series<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> PCI Express
OpenGL:<\/strong> 3.3
Works:<\/strong> Little endian
KMS:<\/strong> Yes
3D acceleration:<\/strong> Yes
2D acceleration:<\/strong> X11, GLAMOR
X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-nouveau<\/code>
Wayland:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These cards should work with nouveau<\/code> at least on little endian systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GeForce 400 and newer series<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Interface:<\/strong> PCI Express
OpenGL:<\/strong> 4.6
Works:<\/strong> Little endian, when supported by nouveau<\/code>
KMS:<\/strong> Yes
3D acceleration:<\/strong> Yes
2D acceleration:<\/strong> X11, GLAMOR
X11 driver:<\/strong> xf86-video-nouveau<\/code>
Wayland:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These cards should work with nouveau<\/code> at least on little endian systems. Exact hardware support is subject to nouveau<\/code> support (e.g. reclocking on new cards may not work and so on).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":14943,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-14953","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voidlinux-ppc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/14953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voidlinux-ppc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voidlinux-ppc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voidlinux-ppc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14953"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/voidlinux-ppc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/14953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15186,"href":"https:\/\/voidlinux-ppc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/14953\/revisions\/15186"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voidlinux-ppc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/14943"}],"prev":[{"title":"Virtualization","link":"https:\/\/voidlinux-ppc.org\/docs\/documentation\/configuration\/virtualization\/","href":"https:\/\/voidlinux-ppc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/14952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voidlinux-ppc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voidlinux-ppc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=14953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}