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Date:      Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:58:03 +0100
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com>
To:        "Alexander K. Beros" <alex@154cm.com>
Cc:        freebsd-user-groups@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Radeon HD 2400 configuration.
Message-ID:  <1bd550a00912212258w1b383205hbb229702677555fc@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Alexander K. Beros <alex@154cm.com> wrote=
:
> I don't think I have had to use an xorg.conf file for some time. =A0When =
I had
> an xorg problem the inclusion of those two lines fixed it. =A0That was,
> however on a 32-bit machine and running blackbox. =A0I would say however,=
 that
> the way you describe the freezing makes me wonder if it is a problem
> generated by gnome. =A0You might try something leaner like blackbox or fl=
uxbox
> to see if they will run. =A0What happens if you delete your .xinitrc file=
 and
> then type startx.

I'll try that as soon as I have some spare time. Without xorg.conf the
computer freezes. I suppose
this is because it tries to use the same configuration suggested by
the -configure flag.

Thanks.

>
> I don't really have any other suggestions. =A0My experience with the 8.0
> Release on my two 64-bit machines has been a disaster.
>
> I had numerous non-Xorg problems with 8.0Release. =A0Right off the bat, i=
t was
> only detecting one of my CPUs. =A0There is also the kernel security issue
> mentioned on the FreeBSD homepage, which does not appear to have been
> corrected in the release that I downloaded. =A0Quite disappointing, becau=
se I
> had been using 8.0 in a beta form with reasonable success for about six
> months. Once I upgraded, virtually nothing I needed worked. =A0After a da=
y of
> fighting with it, I did a clean install, but with the same results. =A0Af=
ter 5
> years of using FreeBSD exclusively, I am rethinking it for computers wher=
e I
> need day-to-day reliability and speed.
>
> Sorry I can't be any more help. =A0Best of luck.
>
>
> On 12/21/2009 2:34 PM, Fernando Apestegu=EDa wrote:
>>
>> 2009/12/21 Alexander K. Beros<alex@154cm.com>:
>>
>>>
>>> does your /etc/rc.conf file contain the lines
>>>
>>> hald_enable=3D"YES"
>>> dbus_enable=3D"YES"
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Yes, both of them are enabled and installed (as a dependency of
>> gnome2-lite port).
>>
>> This is my xorg.conf:
>>
>> Section "ServerLayout"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Identifier =A0 =A0 "X.org Configured"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Screen =A0 =A0 =A00 =A0"Screen0" 0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0InputDevice =A0 =A0"Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0InputDevice =A0 =A0"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Files"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0ModulePath =A0 "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0FontPath =A0 =A0 "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0FontPath =A0 =A0 "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0FontPath =A0 =A0 "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0FontPath =A0 =A0 "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0FontPath =A0 =A0 "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0FontPath =A0 =A0 "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Module"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Load =A0"dbe"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Load =A0"dri"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Load =A0"dri2"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Load =A0"extmod"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Load =A0"glx"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Load =A0"record"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Identifier =A0"Keyboard0"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Driver =A0 =A0 =A0"kbd"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Identifier =A0"Mouse0"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Driver =A0 =A0 =A0"mouse"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Option =A0 =A0 =A0"Protocol" "auto"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Option =A0 =A0 =A0"Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Option =A0 =A0 =A0"ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Monitor"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0#DisplaySize =A0 =A0 =A0410 =A0 260 =A0 =A0 # mm
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Identifier =A0 "Monitor0"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0VendorName =A0 "HWP"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0ModelName =A0 =A0"Compaq WF1907"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0HorizSync =A0 =A024.0 - 83.0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0VertRefresh =A050.0 - 76.0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Option =A0 =A0 =A0"DPMS"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Device"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ### Available Driver options are:-
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ### Values:<i>: integer,<f>: float,<bool>: "True"/"False=
",
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ###<string>: "String",<freq>: "<f> =A0Hz/kHz/MHz"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ### [arg]: arg optional
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "NoAccel" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0# [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "SWcursor" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 # [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "Dac6Bit" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0# [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "Dac8Bit" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0# [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "BusType" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0# [<str>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "CPPIOMode" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0# [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "CPusecTimeout" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0#=
<i>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "AGPMode" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0#<i>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "AGPFastWrite" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #=
 [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "AGPSize" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0#<i>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "GARTSize" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 #<i>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "RingSize" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 #<i>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "BufferSize" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 #<i>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "EnableDepthMoves" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 # [<b=
ool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "EnablePageFlip" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 # [=
<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "NoBackBuffer" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #=
 [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "DMAForXv" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 # [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "FBTexPercent" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #=
<i>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "DepthBits" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0#<i>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "PCIAPERSize" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0#<i>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "AccelDFS" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 # [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "IgnoreEDID" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 # [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "DisplayPriority" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0# [=
<str>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "PanelSize" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0# [<str>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "ForceMinDotClock" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #<fre=
q>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "ColorTiling" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0# [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "VideoKey" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 #<i>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "RageTheatreCrystal" =A0 =A0 =A0 #<i>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "RageTheatreTunerPort" =A0 =A0 #<i>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "RageTheatreCompositePort" =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 #<i>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "RageTheatreSVideoPort" =A0 =A0#<i>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "TunerType" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0#<i>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "RageTheatreMicrocPath" =A0 =A0#<str>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "RageTheatreMicrocType" =A0 =A0#<str>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "ScalerWidth" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0#<i>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "RenderAccel" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0# [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "SubPixelOrder" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0#=
 [<str>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "ShowCache" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0# [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "DynamicClocks" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0#=
 [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "VGAAccess" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0# [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "ReverseDDC" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 # [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "LVDSProbePLL" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #=
 [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "AccelMethod" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0#<str>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "DRI" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0# [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "ConnectorTable" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #<s=
tr>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "DefaultConnectorTable" =A0 =A0# [<bool>=
]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "DefaultTMDSPLL" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 # [=
<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "TVDACLoadDetect" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0# [=
<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "ForceTVOut" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 # [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "TVStandard" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=
 #<str>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "IgnoreLidStatus" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0# [=
<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "DefaultTVDACAdj" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0# [=
<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "Int10" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0# [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "EXAVSync" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 # [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "ATOMTVOut" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0# [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 #Option =A0 =A0 "R4xxATOM" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 # [<bool>]
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Identifier =A0"Card0"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Driver =A0 =A0 =A0"radeonhd"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0VendorName =A0"ATI Technologies Inc"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0BoardName =A0 "RV610 video device [Radeon HD 2400 PRO]"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0BusID =A0 =A0 =A0 "PCI:4:0:0"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Identifier "Screen0"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Device =A0 =A0 "Card0"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Monitor =A0 =A0"Monitor0"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0SubSection "Display"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Viewport =A0 0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Depth =A0 =A0 1
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0EndSubSection
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0SubSection "Display"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Viewport =A0 0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Depth =A0 =A0 4
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0EndSubSection
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0SubSection "Display"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Viewport =A0 0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Depth =A0 =A0 8
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0EndSubSection
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0SubSection "Display"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Viewport =A0 0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Depth =A0 =A0 15
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0EndSubSection
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0SubSection "Display"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Viewport =A0 0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Depth =A0 =A0 16
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0EndSubSection
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0SubSection "Display"
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Viewport =A0 0 0
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Depth =A0 =A0 24
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0EndSubSection
>> EndSection
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> that might be relevant if they are absent.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/21/2009 9:23 AM, Fernando Apestegu=EDa wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm using 8.0 amd64 with Xorg, gnome and all the stuff installed from
>>>> packages. I have an ATI Radeon HD 2400 video card.
>>>> The thing is that I can't get it working at all. Without xorg.conf
>>>> file, the whole system freezes. With the xorg.conf
>>>> generated by Xorg -configure I'm able to see the mouse cursor but then
>>>> the system hangs again (before I get the gnome
>>>> desktop in the scree). This is with "radeon" driver dri, dri2 and glx
>>>> modules. I tried with the radeonhd and it is the same thing...
>>>> The only driver that seems to work for me is the vesa driver.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone provide a working xorg.conf file or any hints to make this
>>>> card to work?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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