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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.