Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:57:36 +0200 From: Tilman Linneweh <arved@FreeBSD.org> To: "Moody, Bill" <Bill.Moody@scigames.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.2.1 Message-ID: <20040422155736.GA38715@arved.at> In-Reply-To: <39BDF3A47069154AA03CDF47B33AAB841568FD@exchange14.scigames.com> References: <39BDF3A47069154AA03CDF47B33AAB841568FD@exchange14.scigames.com>
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* "Moody, Bill" [Do, 22 Apr 2004 at 17:20 GMT]: > > I have just purchaced a new 64bit laptop and have installed the 64bit > version of 5.2.1 FreeBSD on it. I am having a difficult time getting the X > server to work properly though. > > The laptop has an Radeon 9600 chipset in it. This is not supported via a > normal server as of yet. I was able to get Linux to install properly using > the standard VESA driver and the FrameBuffer driver. These interfaces do > not appear to be available on this distrobution. > > Has anyone had any luck getting the Radeon 9600 to work properly with the 64 > bit version? Are there other interfaces I might try? I don't have a 9600, but I think it is only supported in Xfree86 4.4 You can get alpha port for XFree86 4.4 from http://www.ijs.si/software/stuff/xfree44-ports_20040417c.tar.gz regards tilman
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