From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 26 09:14:42 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 8BA7E106566C for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:14:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cory.vm@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 105538FC2C for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:14:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cory.vm@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id y2so22534uge.37 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:14:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=sG57KDbgTLEWrAJh7HW+J4TxVVUqMI06VN0FyK/I9PQ=; b=FA4eEqpnv0C/5TuqE/xJNv/TXCk2jWF3R/XMdHOyZBOcROIWYTDIeULqBM/vNNRrU4WYLgEIzTnt1eA1C3n8vXfK+qb7thX1SwNILR7c92UKXh+gUSA1QC9zh4M+y2xESaZyQFaevf2Z5WfIH5MKN/oX+YwVHqwkc9PprmBw7oE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=YWRWf3YcRWP6X1ucwQEHx3zDbV/LeOUB1yHKXjQBg/AD9tEq43t0Ek7bLGvTgT0UAJCdkPxs6rg9EUSESdUZQPX6BqY/t2VMsvUSSKNy9C4PXae2td5XiZNko0BBJ77JBWq6kJHfH4AMAXreoi80NRFl6DxsIe6Jh7t+Z5Xu5ZA= Received: by 10.66.252.18 with SMTP id z18mr1276662ugh.37.1206522880723; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:14:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.119.12 with HTTP; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:14:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4b7dda430803260214kda1508em185113ae73c52a12@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:14:40 +0100 From: "C Verboom" To: "Paul Schmehl" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4b7dda430803251135r46bb3ba0n746bc6971994db7e@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 09:14:42 -0000 On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On March 25, 2008 7:35:51 PM +0100 C Verboom 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