From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 18 18:14:19 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4C69106564A for ; Mon, 18 May 2009 18:14:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5419D8FC38 for ; Mon, 18 May 2009 18:14:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n4IIE6uq080818; Mon, 18 May 2009 12:14:06 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id n4IIE5mR080815; Mon, 18 May 2009 12:14:05 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 12:14:05 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Scott Bennett In-Reply-To: <200905181358.n4IDwIVa024836@mp.cs.niu.edu> Message-ID: References: <200905181358.n4IDwIVa024836@mp.cs.niu.edu> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.2 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 18 May 2009 12:14:06 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X questions before installing FreeBSD 7.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 18:14:21 -0000 On Mon, 18 May 2009, Scott Bennett wrote: > On Sun, 17 May 2009 09:38:52 -0700 (PDT) "David Johnson" > wrote: >>> My questions before getting started later today run like this. >>> >>> a) What exactly is supported in the version of X.org distributed with >>> FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE for this Mobility Radeon 9800 card, given the >>> chip set(s), the screen capabilities, 256 MB on the card, and >>> anything else you happen to notice in the excerpts above? >> >> You only had excerpts from Xorg.log, but xorg-7.4 with Radeon 9800 (using >> radeon driver) should have hardware acceleration, OpenGL and compositing. >> You just need to configure your xorg.conf file correctly. The driver for >> the r300 chipset should be very stable. > > So the r300 driver is the one that supports the R420 chip and its mobile > equivalent, the M18 chip? M18 is not mentioned in the radeon man page. http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATIRadeon shows the R420/M18 as equivalent, but says they are Radeon X800, not 9800. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA