From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 20 15:35:26 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B220E1065670 for ; Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:35:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 761CB8FC08 for ; Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:35:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mBKFZNep095840; Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:35:23 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id mBKFZNjQ095837; Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:35:23 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:35:23 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Alain BATARD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:35:24 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:35:26 -0000 On Thu, 18 Dec 2008, Alain BATARD wrote: > I am M. Alain BATARD and i work in a formation center. > For my Unix course i use Freebsd (V 7), we recently change our computers for > laptops (Compaq 6820s) these computers are equipped with integrated video : > ATI Mobility Radeon X1350, after looking for drivers to launch Xorg, i can > only use the very poor video in VGA mode, is there any possibilities to find > the good driver even by using xorgconfig or manually ? Try x11-drivers/ati and x11-drivers/radeonhd from ports. Robert Noland has been working hard at support for more and better Radeons, but those changes and the new xorg won't come out until sometime after 7.1 is released. The FreeBSD X11 mailing list will probably be more helpful for xorg problems: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/ -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA