Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 14:46:42 +0100 From: Richard Bown <richard.bown@blueyonder.co.uk> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD7/xorg/radeon: Section "Screen" totally ignored Message-ID: <20080510144642.1e8e9c6c@gb7tf> In-Reply-To: <20080510131932.GA5444@sarge.my.own.domain.no-net> References: <20080510131932.GA5444@sarge.my.own.domain.no-net>
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Hi >I've got a problem while replacing NVidia GeForce4 with Radeon >9000Pro: it >seems, that xorg totally ignores either entire `Section "Screen"' >paragraph, or at least every single `SubSection "Display"' entry inside >that paragaraph. >As a result, I'm unable to have desired resolution at desired bpp, when starting X-server, it always chooses on its own. The second consequence is, that there's no possibility to switch resolutions using <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<+ -> anymore. Below a copy of my xorg.conf. I'm using the same config under Linux (got dual-boot install) - with just slight differences (mouse, /dev/* etc. - you know; nothing screen-related) - without any problems. So, it must be a bug in FreeBSD's port of radeon driver, most probably. Does there exist any workaround? Or perhaps there's missing something FreeBSD specific? ========================================================================= I found exactly the same thing with a Nvidia card, the nv driver just ignored the screen section. and you could only use low res 16 bit and in my case 1024 x 768. See the earlier thread of "RE:Problems with V7" and replace Nvidia with .Radeon there seems no compatibility between xorg.conf created in linux and xorg.conf created in FreeBSD. You could try loading PC-BSD and seeing what that puts in xorg.conf. BUT beware of its loader, it will use the largest partition it can find. so don't leave the power connected to the HD that has linux. or anything else you want to keep. Easiest just to use a spare 2~3 GB HD. good luck Richard
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