Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sat, 15 Dec 2001 21:05:11 -0800
From:      Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com>
To:        Edwin Culp <eculp@EnContacto.Net>
Cc:        Gerardo Amaya <gerardo@delaluz.net>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Almost give up with this 
Message-ID:  <20011216050511.5A8E23E17@CRWdog.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: Message from Edwin Culp <eculp@EnContacto.Net>  of "Sat, 15 Dec 2001 19:07:37 PST." <1008472057.3c1c0ff9d2348@Mail.SavvyWorld.Net> 

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--==_Exmh_252272640P
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

> Thanks for the info, Andy.  I didn't realize that Compaq was already 
> using different chipsets.  That is always a problem with Compaq laptops.
> The configuration filet that I sent works with the LM chipset.  

OK, that's a Rage 128 variant, exactly the same chipset as my Omnibook 6000. 
It uses the Mach64 driver.

The Radeon Mobility M6 (LY) is the chipset in the Omnibook 6100 I had 
recently, and uses the Radeon driver. Lots of vendors are shipping this now, 
especially in higher-end laptops.

It's possible that you can force the older Radeon driver (e.g. from XFree 4.1) 
to accept the chipset in the XFree86-config, but you potentially will still 
have the issues with the laptop panel not probing.

There was an XFree86 commit that fixed this for me (and others with various 
machines) on 11/15/01.

Cheers,

AS

> Gerardo, as Andy and I both said, send us a dmesg and/or scanpci, if the
> configuration file doesn't work.
> 
> ed
> 
> Quoting Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com>:
> 
> > 
> > Please post a dmesg.
> > 
> > Then we can tell you whether the help Edwin tried to give you (with the
> > config 
> > file) or the help I tried to give you (advising that a Radeon M6 requires 
> > XFree86-4.1.99 from www.XFree86.org's CVS server later than Nov) is the 
> > appropriate path to follow.
> > 
> > 
> > FYI, the chipid is the model of the graphics chipset, and this can be seen 
> > from either 'dmesg' output or a 'scanpci'.
> > 
> > The Radeon M6 is aka the LY.
> > 
> > Therefore, an LY is 0x4c59, and this *requires* support from XFree86.org. Or
> > 
> > wait until next year when XFree86 4.2 is released.
> > 
> > An ATI Rage 128 Mobility M1 is an LM, and this (and many others Rage/Radeon
> > 
> > cards) will work with XFree86-4.1 from 'ports'.
> > 
> > The M6/LY card will not. It might, if you force the chipset recognition code,
> > 
> > but there are still potentially LCD panel detection issues with pre-December
> > 
> > XFree86 code.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > AS
> > > I have a compaq presario 1700 with a mobility radeon card. I install
> > > XFree 4.1.0 and when I try
> > > 
> > > # XFree86 -configure
> > > 
> > > I get this error
> > > 
> > > Fatal server error:
> > > 
> > > XFree86 has found a valid card configuration.
> > > Unfortunately the appropriate data has not been added to xf86PciInfo.h.
> > > Please forward 'scanpci -v' output to XFree86 support team.
> > > 
> > > When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
> > > the full server output, not just the last messages.
> > > This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
> > > Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org.
> > > 
> > > I attach my scanpci -v output if someone wants to see it
> > > 
> > > Is my card PCI or AGP??
> > > I try to load the agp module and got the same error.
> > > 
> > > I really need to run this thing
> > > 
> > > thanks
> > > 
> > > Gerardo
> > > 
> > > 
> > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ---
> 



--==_Exmh_252272640P
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD)
Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001

iD8DBQE8HCuHPHh895bDXeQRAgzWAJoD2wrsIPbjrd/9CFbXZTEfE6OACwCfaY+8
IzY1SkMWsgAbWAK4e5fyoOs=
=ddfr
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--==_Exmh_252272640P--

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20011216050511.5A8E23E17>