From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 6 23:40:35 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2B5B16A400; Fri, 6 Jul 2007 23:40:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wa4geg@surfbest.net) Received: from nocmailsvc005.allthesites.org (mail005.cisp.com [65.196.203.205]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60CC713C45B; Fri, 6 Jul 2007 23:40:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wa4geg@surfbest.net) Received: from nocmailsvc005.allthesites.org (unverified [127.0.0.1]) by nocmailsvc005.allthesites.org (Rockliffe SMTPRA 7.0.6) with ESMTP id ; Fri, 6 Jul 2007 23:40:34 +0000 Received: from 87-pool1.ras05.atl01.dial.cogentco.com (unverified [206.148.184.87]) by mail005.cisp.com (Rockliffe SMTPRA 7.0.6) with ESMTP id ; Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:43:16 +0000 From: Byron Campbell Organization: Electronic Equipment Service To: Andy Fawcett Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:45:23 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <200706171332.13721.wa4geg@surfbest.net> <4678913B.7080300@paradise.net.nz> <200706200707.52030.andy@athame.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200706200707.52030.andy@athame.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200706301745.24589.wa4geg@surfbest.net> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:47:53 +0000 Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, Mark Kirkwood , freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X fails after upgrade to xorg-7.2; FreeBSD AMD64 w/ Radeon 9600 Pro 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: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:40:35 -0000 On Wednesday 20 June 2007 12:07:49 am Andy Fawcett wrote: > > One thing that *might* make a difference could be the drm > stuff. I have it built into my kernel, you might be > (auto)loading it as modules. > > Relevant lines from my kernel config: > > device radeondrm > device drm > > Could be worth trying, if you don't already have it. Thanks for the tip. I'm just now getting back to this issue after installing 6.2 Stable AMD64 on a newly acquired hard drive. And I have the above drm lines in my kernel, but the display still goes blank when I startx. Some small headway: The problem with the display (which is now a SyncMaster 940t connected to the Radeon 9600 Pro DVI out) being driven out of range (I assume) and going blank was solved by setting the option NoAccel in the device section of my xorg.conf file. I've also tired both the "ati" and "radeon" drivers, and both give identical results. With acceleration disabled image tearing is bad, jumpy really, that is when one is dragging an X-term around on the desktop (xfce4.) But at least I've got a workable display now. I've been trying several and varied radeon driver "option" settings / combinations to see if I can get a viewable display with acceleration, but no luck yet. Maybe someone using the Radeon 9600 Pro [RV350 AP] video card with a similar TFT flatpanel will chime in with their experiences and / or workable settings. Byron - WA4GEG -