Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:46:13 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: ATI and Xorg Message-ID: <20040922001613.GA5962@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <4150BE7C.6080400@math.missouri.edu> References: <4150BE7C.6080400@math.missouri.edu>
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--Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday, 21 September 2004 at 18:51:24 -0500, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > I have a Del Inspiron 7500 which has an ATI Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x > video card. XFree86-4.3 works excellently with it, but with XFree86-4.4 > or Xorg I just get a blank screen. I did a web search and it seems that > Linux users can use a VESA driver which might fix similar kinds of problems. > > Well I am guessing that this might be an X issue rather than a FreeBSD > issue, but let me ask anyway (just for the record) - anyone here fixed > this kind of problem? No, though I have an i7500 here, so I suppose I should try it. This particular issue was a problem early in the life of the i7500; there's some non-standard blanking IIRC. You might find a discussion on the lists round the 2000 time frame. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBUMRNIubykFB6QiMRAvubAJ0cMABCkVjStZuZvEj/UjEvKm5CFQCgiOql KuxX0hxPmBUlh1QuJ7LlNag= =zBGv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q--
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