Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:05:56 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Chris H <chris#@1command.com>
Cc:        faber@isi.edu, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ATI Radeon LW RV200 Mobility 7500 M7 locks up on X exit
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102151658560.17596@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <f6bf1d13b98bbfc4895ff6f964cb5c3e.HRCIM@webmail.1command.com>
References:  <20110211191232.GA2073@zod.isi.edu> <86ce5acff788efe61ceabdffe9b194fd.HRCIM@webmail.1command.com> <20110214182159.GB47006@zod.isi.edu> <ccf01657a0b306afbd18da26f230839e.HRCIM@webmail.1command.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102141526350.12645@wonkity.com> <07d729abeedc3b764dccc00cf73b7762.HRCIM@webmail.1command.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102150844570.15948@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102151310260.16885@wonkity.com> <f6bf1d13b98bbfc4895ff6f964cb5c3e.HRCIM@webmail.1command.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011, Chris H wrote:

> On Tue, February 15, 2011 12:21 pm, Warren Block wrote:
>> So many people were using AEI that I decided to write an article about
>> it: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html
> Fun reading, thanks for sharing. :)

Thanks!

> purely a question of semantics; I notice you consistently use
> "On" || "Off"
> Xorg(1) -configure emits "true"||"false"
> Do you, or anyone else know conclusively whether it's simply a matter of:
> On||Off||true||false||1||0
> or is it /only/ one, or more of the above pairs? Just curious.

"On" and "Off" are more readable to me, but you can use any of those.  See
   % man xorg.conf | less +/Boolean

> In your defense to an earlier comment I made; it essentially /is/
> a "crap shoot" when it comes to setting up Xorg(1). While Xorg(1) -configure
> is intended to get a "functional" version of X(7) up, and running. Hardware,
> is not Hardware, is not Hardware. So a lot of "trial, and error" /will/ be
> required to obtain an "optimal" X(7) environment for a specific combination
> of hardware. :)

Agreed, particularly for older hardware like this Dell 4300 with a 
GeForce 440 card in it.



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?alpine.BSF.2.00.1102151658560.17596>