From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 12 12:13:27 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6C5916A419 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:13:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from simias.n@gmail.com) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DA5013C46A for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:13:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from simias.n@gmail.com) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id i10so393325mue.3 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:13:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=KJesgXGsloOxEucZJsH0tHq+Gp303YGz1YOzWajMNIU=; b=NLptlcILWpbKnF5COthGGtrjgKoIz0viJ+Z23VAJjXm/vXRumDzfsot1tK5enx776pTaMmrL6mzF2TEB78yCUVO6oaz1xDEpBov/CR/F5ilZ815qUceLVB14TwCVIj2/B+WQs/YncMk84xNBQnbV26NKlCH+jAgaMwwOCPh6f9g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=H7EuCpSOrxOsShsX93UVJAbWcAFH9s3txHNwCxSa5bYfX4A6RCpiCXsdsGA86Zk4K6MSZc2ZSS+alIPIJE/CIqs64/HwMeOVqV/8bTF+13F6JYVjm3O/TRdWQRqFkBHDoJ1rJDK9ZV/gsfGrWDHaCITcernAVY3pR5OF5v7kJsI= Received: by 10.82.167.5 with SMTP id p5mr1708664bue.2.1197461605411; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:13:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from simias.hd.free.fr ( [82.243.51.8]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y34sm7393163iky.2007.12.12.04.13.23 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:13:24 -0800 (PST) From: Lionel Flandrin To: thierry@herbelot.com References: <11167f520712082309s20895ae0se1780b029745c055@mail.gmail.com> <11167f520712111105l7a897d60w36de6c8ad7cb7b1d@mail.gmail.com> <200712120002.08386.thierry@herbelot.com> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:13:20 +0100 In-Reply-To: <200712120002.08386.thierry@herbelot.com> (Thierry Herbelot's message of "Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:02:06 +0100") Message-ID: <86ejdsqffj.fsf@simias.hd.free.fr> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Kip Macy , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 1680x1050 support under FreeBSD (was Re: amd64 NVIDIA support in FreeBSD 7) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:13:27 -0000 Thierry Herbelot writes: > Hello, > > with less ambitious goals : what graphic card can I use these days to drive my > 1680x1050 LCD under X11 ? (I used to use my oldish radeon, with an ATI9200, > but the radeon support in xorg 7.3 seems to have been broken for around 3 > months and VESA does not drive 1680x1050) does the xorg nv driver support > 1680x1050 ? > > TfH I have a radeon 9600 for my dual head display @ 1920x1440, the 3d is partly broken tho, but as the man page of radeon(4x) states: ,---- | Option "RenderAccel" "boolean" | Enables or disables hardware Render acceleration. This driver | does not support component alpha (subpixel) rendering. It is | only supported on Radeon series up to and including 9200 | (9500/9700 and newer unsupported). The default is to enable | Render acceleration. `---- So it might work with your 9200 card. I don't know why you say the radeon support is broken in Xorg 7.3, it works well here. The only problem I've got was because of an nforce 2 related breakage in the FreeBSD kernel itself, a patch has been posted on this mailing list a couple of weeks ago if you're concerned. I hope that helps, -- Lionel Flandrin