From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Sep 8 12:48:34 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E582B37B400 for ; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 12:48:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from magnesium.net (toxic.magnesium.net [207.154.84.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6E5D443E3B for ; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 12:48:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from unfurl@dub.net) Received: (qmail 34904 invoked by uid 1001); 8 Sep 2002 19:48:28 -0000 Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 12:48:28 -0700 From: Bill Swingle To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI 3D Rage Mobility-M1 on a Sony FXA59 Message-ID: <20020908194827.GA34529@dub.net> References: <20020906231856.GA89224@dub.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020906231856.GA89224@dub.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD toxic.magnesium.net 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well, after several days of thrashing around and nearly clawing my own eyes out I finally found a configuration that works, only with Xfree86 3.3.6 but at least it works. I'll include the config here for archival's sake and maybe someone else won't have to bang their head against the wall like I did :) Here's the relevant bits: Section "Monitor" Identifier "My Monitor" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" HorizSync 31.5-100 VertRefresh 50-100 Modeline "1400x1050" 155.00 1400 1464 1784 1912 1050 1052 1064 1090 -HS= ync -VSync EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "My Video Card" VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "Unknown" VideoRam 8192 EndSection Section "Screen" Driver "svga" Device "My Video Card" Monitor "My Monitor" Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1400x1050" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection EndSection On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 04:18:56PM -0700, Bill Swingle wrote: > I recently got a new laptop, issued from my employer. It's a Sony > PCG-FXA59. Quite a nice and fast laptop, except for the problems I've > had with X over the past two days. >=20 > Basicly, I can't get any usable X session to start up. The best I can > manage when running 'X' is a screen with a tiny white window in the upper= =20 > left hand corner and a background that looks like it's trying to be the > standard graphic-less X background, only instead of tiny black/white > checked squares, they're thin vertical rectangles. (if that makes any > sense) >=20 > I've searched google and both the freebsd and xfree86 mail archives for > info on this particular model without any luck. There is a scattering > of info on other laptops with ATI Mobility chips and 15" SXGA screens=20 > rated at 1400x1050 and I've tried out their Modeline, HorizSync and > VertRefresh settings with very little change.=20 >=20 > Any suggestions would be most appreciated. A bottle of your favorite > poison shipped directly to anyone that can help me get this solved. >=20 > The dmesg, XF86Config, XFree86.0.log and a picture of the screen I descri= bed > above can be found at http://dub.net/ati/ >=20 > -Bill >=20 > --=20 > -=3D| Bill Swingle - > -=3D| Every message PGP signed > -=3D| Fingerprint: C1E3 49D1 EFC9 3EE0 EA6E 6414 5200 1C95 8E09 0223 > -=3D| "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers" Pablo Picas= so=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 --=20 -=3D| Bill Swingle - -=3D| Every message PGP signed -=3D| Fingerprint: C1E3 49D1 EFC9 3EE0 EA6E 6414 5200 1C95 8E09 0223 -=3D| "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers" Pablo Picasso= =20 --PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9e6mLUgAclY4JAiMRAoUWAJ4+96Tw8/vpnFHqzaQUvClaZfEaAwCcDzzL IDk57X+NipqTwYCAOC7Dxd4= =w/N2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PEIAKu/WMn1b1Hv9-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message