From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 18 19:01:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C04A51065670 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:01:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B3078FC1D for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:01:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id mBIJ11LE060984; Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:01:03 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 11689BA84; Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:01:01 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:01:00 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Alain BATARD Message-ID: <20081218190100.GA77634@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="9amGYk9869ThD9tj" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:01:07 -0000 --9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 09:39:17AM +0100, Alain BATARD wrote: > I am M. Alain BATARD and i work in a formation center. > For my Unix course i use Freebsd (V 7), we recently change our computers = for > laptops (Compaq 6820s) these computers are equipped with integrated video= : > ATI Mobility Radeon X1350, after looking for drivers to launch Xorg, i can > only use the very poor video in VGA mode, is there any possibilities to f= ind > the good driver even by using xorgconfig or manually ? This chip is not yet fully supported by Xorg (although support is coming along).=20 You can use either the xf86-video-radeonhd or the xf86-video-ati drivers =66rom the ports collection. It should work fine for 2D (radeonhd should have some 2D hardware accelleration), but not hardware accellerated 3D yet AFAIK. Among other things, the kernel component needed for that needs updating. It is being worked on in 8-CURRENT. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAklKnewACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUItQCbB+RJa/S/Mjmq6Nb+wSDKHiqN lK8AnAwqONeUbYQheDNTwMgTQXhLHf7/ =YcnO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9amGYk9869ThD9tj--