From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 22 09:04:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 117BD16A4CE for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:04:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ussmtp01.scigames.com (ussmtp02.autotote.com [65.5.3.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98B5243D53 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:04:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Bill.Moody@scigames.com) Received: from exchange11.scigames.com [172.30.3.71] by ussmtp01.scigames.com with XWall v3.29 ; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:05:51 -0400 Received: by exchange11.scigames.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id <266LLY5V>; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:05:45 -0400 Message-ID: <39BDF3A47069154AA03CDF47B33AAB841568FE@exchange14.scigames.com> From: "Moody, Bill" To: "'freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org'" , "'hammer@montanamoody.com'" Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:05:43 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: RE: XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.2.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:04:32 -0000 It is a Mitek 8350 or 8355 depending on which document I look at. I purchased it through M-tech. It appears to be a great laptop, but it is a bit short on documentation. When I attempted the port last night, it failed on depends. I did not try having it ignore the signatures. I will give that a try tonight. Best regards, WJM -----Original Message----- From: David O'Brien [mailto:obrien@FreeBSD.org] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 9:57 AM To: Moody, Bill Cc: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org; hammer@montanamoody.com Subject: Re: XFree86 on FreeBSD 5.2.1 On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 11:20:19AM -0400, Moody, Bill wrote: > 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. What model laptop? > 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. Try the XFree86-Server-4.3.99.15_2 version in /usr/ports/x11-servers/XFree86-4-Server-snap -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)