Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 09:47:03 -0500 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: p00r0ne@digitz.org Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATI Mobility hell & thanks++ Message-ID: <0c28b3747140612FE5@mail5.nc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <02010512435408.09839@snort> References: <01123118320601.09839@snort> <0b10c1744050512FE5@mail5.nc.rr.com> <02010512435408.09839@snort>
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Well, *if* you can find a Linux Mach64 config, that should work for you.
I'd try the linux-for-laptops page (try Google; I tinnk it's just
www.linuxforlaptops.org or something like that)--that's where I found a
working one for mine.
(Mine is 1400x1050 so it wouldn't work for you.)
On Saturday 05 January 2002 12:43 pm, Mike Poor wrote:
> Ufff... well, last night, after about a week of xf86config hell, I got X to
> startup using the svga server, with XF68 3.3.6. It is currently running at
> a very low resolution with a virtual desktop...arggg.
>
> Brian, I too have been having the problems with X -configure or even X
> -probeonly. I tried, in vain, to get the proper sync rates for the Sony
> Vaio FX210's monitor from Sony support. I used the ones from the linux
> side.
>
> The reason, I found this out last night, that the linux config file does
> not work with the BSD side is that the linux side is using the XF86-fbdev
> server, which includes VESA and support for a large number of laptops.
>
> So my battle with X continues... Now to get decent resolution and no
> virtual desktop (should not be that dificult <-famous last words).
>
> I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone on this list, for
> all the help, guidance, config files ;), and advice.... Thanks!
>
> Mike
>
> On Saturday 05 January 2002 00:43, Brian T.Schellenberger wrote:
> > On Friday 04 January 2002 09:19 pm, you wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 20:18, Brian T.Schellenberger wrote:
> > > > If you use XFree86 4, you can't use xf86config, I don't think, but
> > > > then again taking your file from Linux should have worked fine.
> > > > Indeed, that's what I did--got somebody else's Linux config and used
> > > > it.
> > > >
> > > > What does *not* seem to work with the ATI drivers is to use X
> > > > -configure--that locks me up, too.
> > >
> > > Interesting; it works for me.
> >
> > This is from X -configure rather than from regular X with a config file?
> >
> > As I stated above (or tried to anyway, the line wraping might have
> > confused the point I was trying to make), the ATI works great for me, too
> > (under XFree86 4.x). It's just
> >
> > X -configure
> >
> > that doesn't.
> >
> > Here's my output, FWIW:
> > > grep -i mobility /var/log/XFree86.0.log
> >
> > 18:(**) | |-->Device "ATI|Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x"
> > 168:(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Rage 128 Mobility MF rev 0, Mem @
> > 0xe8000000/26, 0xffc000/14, I/O @ 0xcc00/8
> > 349: ATI Rage 128 Pro PF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Mobility LE (PCI),
> > 350: ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Mobility MF (AGP),
> > 351: ATI Rage 128 Mobility ML (AGP)
> > 357:(--) Chipset ATI Rage 128 Mobility MF (AGP) found
> > 441:(--) R128(0): Chipset: "ATI Rage 128 Mobility MF (AGP)" (ChipID =
> > 0x4d46)
> >
> > > 2@vpn85:20007 Z$ grep -i mobility /var/log/XFree86.0.log
> > > (--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF rev 2, Mem @ 0xf8000000/26,
> > > 0xf4000000/14, I/O @ 0x2000/8
> > > ATI Rage 128 Mobility LE (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF (AGP),
> > > ATI Rage 128 Mobility MF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Mobility ML (AGP)
> > > (--) Chipset ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF (AGP) found
> > > (--) R128(0): Chipset: "ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF (AGP)" (ChipID =
> > > 0x4c46)
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