From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 5 09:47:02 2009 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 57DBE1065675 for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 09:47:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crankbuster@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 200AD8FC1D for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 09:47:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crankbuster@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id k40so3735502rvb.43 for ; Tue, 05 May 2009 02:47:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:organization:user-agent; bh=/sR+KNE2Yt1MmDqFFRIrIfcpN0nS8pvUOcZlEbvxGjg=; b=tc1l6iyCK2Y7aeAq5Nk09Oup9D2JNN7w0c36hAE9jMp1SKn6+I7zFkO0l/b7DDwvH8 u/zCoZrN43qZUNP0HO1Xu7cgqa4n+c2i37o8Um2Y+StniS2pZCByOKVBcVLwbarD002P glqHfgYWFnAnGRI/pVnXNgsRQi4PjSAkamA78= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:organization:user-agent; b=SYxYpDkltUvZGq7nF5E3KXhlHZOCxVMyNetSziDlynropY9TgCyTmr/mNeF7IetzT0 a23odGolQsmd1tuumSX9v6e/490cTB1PBz/fFR4ops5TXpU0J5VUvwZDPzIKQ/CEuu/I V7IHgB8QdSpdf7RtfW4TbHKM6O5TA+THH50HQ= Received: by 10.141.168.16 with SMTP id v16mr2478349rvo.233.1241516821510; Tue, 05 May 2009 02:47:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (ppp-124-121-36-189.revip2.asianet.co.th [124.121.36.189]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k41sm17473318rvb.47.2009.05.05.02.46.59 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 05 May 2009 02:47:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 16:46:51 +0700 From: Old Crankbuster To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20090505094651.GA4784@gecko.davescrunch.net> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o" Content-Disposition: inline Organization: (something or other) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Subject: ATI woes 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: Tue, 05 May 2009 09:47:02 -0000 --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thought I'd throw this one out there: I installed release 7.1 while waiting for 7.2 to download, used the handbook to configure X, get Gnome up and running, and start learning the system. The graphics chip on this laptop is ati hd 3200, and the standard X radeon driver worked ok. Cleaned everything off and installed 7.2, and the driver is borked using the same method (enable dbus and hald in /etc/rc.conf, then run Xorg -config): The screen is black with some tearing, and the machine accepts no keyboard input to exit X, requiring a dirty reboot. So cleaned everything off again, reinstalled 7.1 and will play there until I can figure out how to upgrade the system without borking X. Little alarm bells were going off in my head when I bought this thing (I've had severe problems with ati chips under windows and linux in the past), but it was cheap, and I needed a slab right away. Sorry 'bout the rant, but ati sucks. --=20 Cheers --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkoACwsACgkQ5cpRcLTxAv7a4wCcDvjrhzjxRCk26FnRfN+bE2Q/ yYIAoLs3dxRQ1BbWEskpn9Ypi2W94i68 =5ifQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o--