From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 26 08:51:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E48661065670 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:51:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emorras@s21sec.com) Received: from s21sec.com (mail.s21sec.com [212.31.206.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30E2A8FC17 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:51:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emorras@s21sec.com) Received: from inv-008.s21sec.com (unknown [83.175.204.210]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by s21sec.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B052F49AC2; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:20:56 +0100 (CET) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:32:15 +0100 To: "C Verboom" ,freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Eduardo Morras In-Reply-To: <4b7dda430803251135r46bb3ba0n746bc6971994db7e@mail.gmail.co m> References: <4b7dda430803251135r46bb3ba0n746bc6971994db7e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-4E21518B Message-Id: <20080326082056.B052F49AC2@s21sec.com> Cc: Subject: Re: Xorg & ATi/Radeon drivers on 7.0-STABLE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:51:40 -0000 At 19:35 25/03/2008, C Verboom wrote: >Hi All, > >Just new here, so if this has been dealt with before, pls excuse me. >I've seen only a few posts dealing w/ ATi drivers ("ati" and "radeon") on >v7.0-STABLE and Xorg, and together with my own experience I'm inclined to >suspect there's something wrong with this combo. Or "wrong"... it may need >special attention, but I lack the knowledge to prove or find a definitive >answer, and you ppl here might. > >For a while I've been running 6.2-STABLE w/ Xorg on a Dell Latitude C610. >Worked nicely @ 1400x1050, no problems. >A few days ago I've performed a fresh install of 7.0-STABLE. The install was >done for User/X-User, nothing (cvs, ports, etc) has been added or modified >apart from network settings to be able to ssh/scp. >The problem: there's no way that I can get a decent graphics resolution like >I was used to. The only one xorg.conf setting that resulted in stable >graphics was 'Driver "vga"' and 'Mode "640x480"'. >For the last 2 days (with the help of numerous Ati and Xorg-related posts on >the net and c/p from my old xorg.conf) I've been trying to apply any >reasonable setting using the "ati" and "radeon" drivers, only to see a >blurred screen: HorizSync and/or VertSync way off, flickering and scrolling >bars. No visible diff in the blurr w/ modified sync numbers, but no hang-ups >as others seem to have stumbled upon: I can always kill the server w/ >C-A-BS. Sometimes something seemed to happen (KDE starting? I never waited >long before I killed the server...) as I did see a partial light-colored >change in the blurr. >Comparing the log of my old setup (I've put the image back twice over to >check), there's a few -in my little experience- important differences with >output of drivers and modules, or at least the way things such as capacities >and capabilities are displayed, so under the hood there's so much changes >that I cannot reasonably grasp what exactly is different and in what way... >for which I apologize, but I'm bold enough to suspect.. > >So: is the problem with me or with the new ... (drivers, modules, ???) I had similar problems with non-standard monitor sizes. My monitor supports 1440x900 and have those strange flckers when try that mode. All works fine when i switch on the DDC option and disabled the Horiz and Vertical Sync Hz. HTH >-- >Greetings, biped! > (c)ory >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"