Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 21:47:29 -0500 From: Dylan Carlson <absinthe@pobox.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VESA driver in X Message-ID: <200402082147.29563.absinthe@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <200402081821.00599.peter@wemm.org> References: <1074066811.4004f57b5adb0@webmail.thejemreport.com> <1074121024.4005c940ac817@webmail.thejemreport.com> <200402081821.00599.peter@wemm.org>
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On Sunday 08 February 2004 21:21, Peter Wemm wrote: > > I solved it -- the XFree86 package somehow doesn't include some of > > the video driver modules. Removing the package and installing from > > ports gave me the ability to use the VESA driver. > In regards to ATI Radeon support... it's worth noting that if you build 4.3.99.x (by hand or otherwise) the "radeon" driver will work... which is much better than using the vesa driver. Cheers, Dylan Carlson [absinthe@pobox.com] Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xE3F3F5A7 Key fingerprint = FF76 7CAF 1B76 0C74 B84F 96C3 DEC7 6EC2 E3F3 F5A7
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