Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:27:22 -0400 From: Lucas Holt <luke@foolishgames.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd 8.1 + xorg + radeonhd hang Message-ID: <4C8EA54A.6020805@foolishgames.com> In-Reply-To: <20100914000102.D96774@rumrunner.mine.nu> References: <20100913191158.M94911@rumrunner.mine.nu> <201009132016.o8DKGmw5053180@lurza.secnetix.de> <20100913211408.GA94156@slackbox.erewhon.net> <20100914000102.D96774@rumrunner.mine.nu>
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On 09/13/10 18:04, Eivind E wrote:
>
> Tried to substitute the driver with ati and loading radeon.ko (which
> automatically loaded drm.ko) and had the same results as the plain
> radeon driver. X starts up once in a while, but the screen goes
> to about half of normal brightness and the view is moved down and to the
> right.
>
You could try experimenting with the AccelMethod option. I've got a
newer gpu, but this is what is working for me with a 4200 + freebsd 8.1
at work.
...
Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "dri2"
EndSection
...
(for the card)
Driver "radeon"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "RS880 [Radeon HD 4200]"
BusID "PCI:1:5:0"
Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
Option "DRI" "yes"
FreeBSD lholt-desktop.primemediaanalysis.com 8.1-RELEASE FreeBSD
8.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Jul 19 02:36:49 UTC 2010
root@mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
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