Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:24:24 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro> To: Gafgo <nicolas.gafgo@bredband.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Graphic card question Message-ID: <20040122182424.63f9c5c0@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <400EA360.1060405@bredband.net> References: <400E5323.1090506@bredband.net> <20040122162439.269b43cb@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> <400EA360.1060405@bredband.net>
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On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:05:52 +0100 Gafgo <nicolas.gafgo@bredband.net> wrote: > Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: >=20 > >On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:23:31 +0100 > >Gafgo <nicolas.gafgo@bredband.net> wrote: > > > > =20 > > > >>Hello. I am trying to install v 5.2 on my new computer. I have done=20 > >>succesful installations on my old computer where everything worked=20 > >>perfect. My problem now is that I can=B4t find my graphic card when I a= m=20 > >>conf Xfree86. I have a Asus (ATI) Radeon 9200 SE. When I try to start X= =20 > >>it doesn=B4t work, even if I try vga generic and other settings. Is it = so=20 > >>bad that I have to buy a new card or is there other sollutions?? I have= =20 > >>looked at Xfree86.org driver section and my card isn=B4t mentioned even= in=20 > >>their latest release. > >>Hope that someone has an answer that will be cheaper than buying a new = card. > >>Many thanks Nicolas > >> =20 > >> > > > >http://www.xfree86.org/current/Status6.html#6 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ > >Bellow it's my X config; I'm using a Radeon 9000. The thing you are > >after is: Driver "ati" in the Device section; or radeon might work. ^^^^^^^^^ Try it. You'll know after :).=20 > Thank u. I hope that=B4s it but I am not sure because of the Xfree86 man= =20 > Drivers: >=20 > Supported Hardware <cid:part1.05020704.04030400@bredband.net> >=20 > The *radeon* driver supports PCI and AGP video cards based on the=20 > following ATI chips [..] > Unfortunately it doesn=B4t mention 9200........ Yup. When you try to run it with ati what does it print ? Look for something like=20 (--) Chipset ATI Radeon 9000 If (AGP) found > Is there a list of cards that FreeBSD supports???? > I can=B4t find it in the hardware support pages. "XFree86, provides a client/server interface between display hardware (the mouse, keyboard, and video displays) and the desktop environment while also providing both the windowing infrastructure and a standardized application interface (API)." FreeBSD supports whatever XFree ( or other graphical server) supports; + support for some things like dri that must be provided on the kernel level (see /sys/i386/conf/NOTES for details). --=20 IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user
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