Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 16:59:17 -0500 From: "Will Saxon" <WillS@housing.ufl.edu> To: "Bin Ren" <br260@cam.ac.uk> Cc: AMD64 FreeBSD <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: XFree86 and Gnome 2.4 Message-ID: <0E972CEE334BFE4291CD07E056C76ED802E8680B@bragi.housing.ufl.edu>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Bin Ren [mailto:br260@cam.ac.uk] > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 1969 10:12 PM > To: Stephen Durham > Cc: AMD64 FreeBSD > Subject: Re: XFree86 and Gnome 2.4 > > > Hi, > > I can install XFree86 4.3 by binary. But I can only find 'vga' driver > to work > for my ATI Radeon 9600. I tried both 'vesa' and 'ati' but both with > error > 'no screen found. no device driver ...' With 'vga' driver, the > resolution is > formidable '640x480'. Any suggestion for ATI users? > > With 5.2-current i386 version, I use 'vesa' as XFree86 > version and with > resolution 1280x1024. > > Thanks > Bin Have you tried the radeon driver? There isn't any 3d support for the 9600, but 2D is supposed to work correctly. I have a 9100 and I had to specify a ChipID in XF86Config to get it to work right - I don't know if this also has to happen with the 9600. -Willhome | help
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