From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 8 22:02:24 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 592E21065758 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 22:02:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dfeustel@mindspring.com) Received: from QMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CFEE8FC25 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 22:02:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dfeustel@mindspring.com) Received: from OMTA14.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.60]) by QMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id ycz01Y0061HpZEsA40QY00; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:01:37 +0000 Received: from localhost ([69.245.196.200]) by OMTA14.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id ym2N1Y00D4KuD458a00000; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:02:23 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=Ms4UF2K9hDsA:10 a=Vn3FezmKxnlyzcqpfEwA:9 a=kcoMj4EEBGAEoRPhqhsA:7 a=CX91iR0qDlf_9e5Yg7LGqGZAdlIA:4 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 From: dfeustel@mindspring.com To: Torfinn Ingolfsen In-Reply-To: <20080308224456.75e775de.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Message-Id: <20080308220224.1CFEE8FC25@mx1.freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 22:02:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Acer 1440x900 LCD Displays support in 7.0? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:02:24 -0000 On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 10:44:56PM +0100, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:42:48 +0100 > Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > > Probably not. The radeon driver (automatically loaded by the ati > > driver) doesn't seem to support the X550 directly (man radeon). > > I don'r know about the resolution and stuff, but the radeon driver > supports the X550. Here is a few lines snipped from /var/log/Xorg.0.log: > (--) Chipset ATI Radeon X550 (RV370) 5B63 (PCIE) found > (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon X550 (RV370) 5B63 (PCIE)" (ChipID > = 0x5b63) > root@kg-quiet# pciconf -lv | grep -A 8 drm0 > drm0@pci1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x09641462 chip=0x5b631002 rev=0x00 > hdr=0x00 vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc' > device = 'Radeon X550 Series' > class = display > subclass = VGA > none1@pci1:0:1: class=0x038000 card=0x09651462 chip=0x5b731002 rev=0x00 > hdr=0x00 vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc' > device = 'Radeon X550 Series - Secondary' > class = display > > This is on a mchine that runs: > root@kg-quiet# uname -a > FreeBSD kg-quiet.kg4.no 6.3-STABLE FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE #20: Thu Jan 24 > 00:42:47 CET 2008 root@kg-quiet.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/QUIET > amd64 > > with Xorg: > root@kg-quiet# portversion -v | grep xorg-server > xorg-server-1.4_4,1 = up-to-date with port > > The only special thing i had to do was to specify my mode with > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" > in /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > without that, my LCD monitor would run in a non-native mode. > > HTH > -- > Regards, > Torfinn Ingolfsen Note that this mb/vc combo worked well at 2048x1546 on a Dell Monitor. But when I plug in the Acer LCD, the monitor displays the message "invalid input" until I change the driver spec to "VESA", and no combination of parameters that I have yet tried makes the monitor work at 1440x900. All of my circles are ellipses as a result.