Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:14:40 +0100 From: "C Verboom" <cory.vm@gmail.com> To: "Paul Schmehl" <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg & ATi/Radeon drivers on 7.0-STABLE? Message-ID: <4b7dda430803260214kda1508em185113ae73c52a12@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <A2FED49D82494356BFFB1113@Macintosh.local> References: <4b7dda430803251135r46bb3ba0n746bc6971994db7e@mail.gmail.com> <A2FED49D82494356BFFB1113@Macintosh.local>
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On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote: > --On March 25, 2008 7:35:51 PM +0100 C Verboom <cory.vm@gmail.com> wrote: > > > ... > > For a while I've been running 6.2-STABLE w/ Xorg on a Dell Latitude > C610. > > Worked nicely @ 1400x1050, no problems. > > ... > Mh, I think I should have included here that the video card is an ATi Radeon Mobility M6, and the native resolution of the panel is 1400x1050 (reported as Samsung LTN150P1-L02). > 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"'. > > Try the new radeonhd driver. > > If that doesn't work, post the relevant portion of your Xorg.log file > and/or dmesg. > Don't think that'll do, as -from what I've come to understand so far- this development is geared towards the modern, more hi-end cards. I can see that, no complaints. I'll try the vesa driver first before diving into your proposal; thx anyway. -- Greetings, biped! (c)ory
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