From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 19:32:40 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 A1ED9106566C for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 19:32:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 356B88FC16 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 19:32:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m25JW6Q4064654; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 20:32:06 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8F540B829; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 20:32:06 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 20:32:06 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: alive Message-ID: <20080305193206.GC35180@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: alive , Isaac Mushinsky , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20080305171303.GA35180@slackbox.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="da4uJneut+ArUgXk" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: Isaac Mushinsky , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 or i386 for desktop use? 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, 05 Mar 2008 19:32:40 -0000 --da4uJneut+ArUgXk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 06:29:51PM +0100, alive wrote: > > Any ATI card up to and including the 9250 (rv280) is fully supported on > > amd64, 3D and all. (I know because I've got one :-) > Oh, is that so? Could you please tell me how you got it to work? Because > I've got GREAT issues getting *ANY* ATI card to work with at least > Composite on FreeBSD and/or Linux. And I've even got i386. Or has somethi= ng > happened since I last cried myself to sleep over this driverless hell? - Add the device radeondrm to you kernel config and recompile, or load the radeon.ko kernel module. - Install the xf86-video-ati driver (this is xorg 7.3!) - Load the right modules in xorg.conf; Section "Module" Load "dri" Load "glx" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "type1" EndSection - Use the radeon driver in xorg.conf: Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "radeon" # Option "AGPMode" "8" # Option "DDCMode" "true" EndSection That's about it, I think. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --da4uJneut+ArUgXk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHzvU2EnfvsMMhpyURAq4KAJ96D7bLXrd165opAQKHTbSonGrs1wCeJNbf 7BLv9ginDD0muVdbMOz+vI4= =1bGq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --da4uJneut+ArUgXk--