From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Sep 6 19: 8:26 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 211AC37B400 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 19:08:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bobj.dyndns.org (cpe-gan-68-101-90-216-cmcpe.ncf.coxexpress.com [68.101.90.216]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A7D643E3B for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 19:08:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bobj@bobj.dyndns.org) Received: from bobj.dyndns.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bobj.dyndns.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g8728G4T002196; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 22:08:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bobj@bobj.dyndns.org) Received: (from bobj@localhost) by bobj.dyndns.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g8728F2T002195; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 22:08:15 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Bob Johnson To: Bill Swingle , mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATI 3D Rage Mobility-M1 on a Sony FXA59 Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 22:08:14 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] References: <20020906231856.GA89224@dub.net> In-Reply-To: <20020906231856.GA89224@dub.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200209062208.15164.bob89@bobj.org> 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 On Friday 06 September 2002 07:18 pm, Bill Swingle appears to have written: > 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. > > 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 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) > > 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 rated at 1400x1050 and I've tried out their Modeline, > HorizSync and VertRefresh settings with very little change. > Possibilities: 1) Go to http://www.afn.org/~afn01750/inspiron.html and try the XF86Config linked there, or at least the modelines. 2) Upgrade to XF86 4, which doesn't need modelines for standard scan rates and is working fine with my Inspiron at 1400 x 1050 (and all the others). The XF86Config that I use now is also linked on the page above. 3) In difficult cases, I've found that it is a good idea to first try to get X working at 640x480, 256 colors. Once that is working, then manually edit XF86Config to add higher resolutions and depths. I strongly recommend this approach if the first two ideas don't help. > Any suggestions would be most appreciated. A bottle of your favorite > poison shipped directly to anyone that can help me get this solved. I'm not highly optimistic that this info will help you but if it does, my favorite poison is a bit hard to find if you aren't near St. Augustine, Florida. A nice port wine that I've never tried before would do... I hear Hardy's Whiskers Blake is pretty good. - Bob > > The dmesg, XF86Config, XFree86.0.log and a picture of the screen I > described above can be found at http://dub.net/ati/ > > -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message