From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Jul 17 11:32:57 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DA0D37B400 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 11:32:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lerlaptop.iadfw.net (lerlaptop.iadfw.net [206.66.13.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89C3843E31 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 11:32:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lerlaptop.iadfw.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6HIWmrj021923; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 13:32:48 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Subject: Re: i830MG chipset supported? From: Larry Rosenman To: Ben Hockenhull Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20020717141622.O21356-100000@blues.jpj.net> References: <20020717141622.O21356-100000@blues.jpj.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 17 Jul 2002 13:32:48 -0500 Message-Id: <1026930769.471.21.camel@lerlaptop.iadfw.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 2002-07-17 at 13:24, Ben Hockenhull wrote: > Folks, > > Due to the untimely death of my previous Vaio, I have a R505E with the > Intel 830MG chipset. I'm trying to get X configured on it, and have not > yet been successful. > > If I load the agp kernel module, I never do get a vga device, which > makes everything else problematic. Trying to config X from sysinstall > causes a coredump. If I use the curses-based config tool, I get a config > file, but never get graphics. The log of a startx is at > http://www.jpj.net/~benh/XFree86.0.log > > A search of the web uncovered a message to the Xpert list in Feb of 2002 > indicating that the i830MG chipset wasn't supported under FreeBSD, and > that some hacking on agpgart would be necessary to make it work. > > Does anyone know if progress on this has been made, or am I SOL for the > time being? With the current XFree86-4-server port, my I830MG works in VESA mode. > > Thanks > > Ben > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message