From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 15 18:45:05 2007 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 1B20816A474 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:45:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpratt1950@embarqmail.com) Received: from mailrelay.embarq.synacor.com (mailrelay.embarq.synacor.com [208.47.184.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF6B013C4BC for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:45:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpratt1950@embarqmail.com) X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=6wD9G1bcITu1hIz8sRQA:9 a=hfIzL80g6xAvMNyflkYA:7 a=DeK1Nw2QJ4v-S0fHZciDveyWoPEA:4 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp08.embarq.synacor.com smtp.mail=rpratt1950@embarqmail.com; spf=neutral Authentication-Results: smtp08.embarq.synacor.com smtp.user=rpratt1950@embarqmail.com; auth=pass (LOGIN) Received-SPF: neutral (smtp08.embarq.synacor.com: 76.6.194.101 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of embarqmail.com) Received: from [76.6.194.101] ([76.6.194.101:54586] helo=kt.weeeble.com) by mailrelay.embarq.synacor.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.0.18 r(18773)) with ESMTPA id 0F/FE-18383-011B3174; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:27:29 -0400 Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:27:25 -0400 From: Randy Pratt To: Gary Kline Message-Id: <20071015142725.98da48c4.rpratt1950@embarqmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071015180402.GB54185@thought.org> References: <20071015053710.GA48887@thought.org> <20071015180402.GB54185@thought.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: xorg driver bug 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: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:45:05 -0000 On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:04:02 -0700 Gary Kline wrote: > On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 10:37:10PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > Guys, > > > > Has anybody with any Dell run into this before? I just got a new > > Matrox with 32M of video ram. Run with the "mga" driver, X comes > > up extremely dark. If I change the driver to the "vesa" X comes > > up with normal brightness but the resolution is terrible. At > > most 640x480. tHis could be a hardware bug;I'm hoping it is > > just not having selected the right driver. > > > > Anybody know what to try next? > > > > Update, and no-joy: i've added Modes lines, tried different flags. > Still, using the "mga" drivr gives a dark screen; only the "vesa" works. > none of the xorg config toools work. The Matroc Millennium G450 > is brand new, so doubt it's the card. The previous card had the > same problem--way to dark--soI got this new card. I ran into a resolution problem with the xf86-video-mga-1.9.100 driver (http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20071014075931.3c5ec756.rpratt1950) and reverted back to xf86-video-mga-1.4.7 which was working okay. My card was a Matrox G400. I've also done some searching but have not turned up anything helpful so far. Maybe give the older driver a try and see if that works for you. Randy --