Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:57:04 -0800 From: "" <techsupport@thejemreport.com> To: "Greg J." <xcas@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VESA driver in X Message-ID: <1074121024.4005c940ac817@webmail.thejemreport.com> In-Reply-To: <40053D06.5030808@cox.net> References: <1074066811.4004f57b5adb0@webmail.thejemreport.com> <40053D06.5030808@cox.net>
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Quoting "Greg J." <xcas@cox.net>: > techsupport@thejemreport.com wrote: > > > Anyone know why there is no VESA driver in XFree86, or when one will be > > available? That's the only one that I can get working with my Radeon 9800 > (in > > the i386 build). The VGA driver is not usable. > > > > -Jem > > My 9800Pro works fine on my FreeBSD/amd64 machine with XFree86 4.3.0's > vesa driver. I'm not quite sure what you're asking. > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "vesa" > VendorName "ATI" > BoardName "Radeon 9800 Pro" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > EndSection > > I solved it -- the XFree86 package somehow doesn't include some of the video driver modules. Removing the package and installing from ports gave me the ability to use the VESA driver.home | help
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