Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 18:53:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Luke Dean <LukeD@pobox.com> To: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Radeon r6/7xx support merged to -STABLE Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0904031828320.52737@border.lukas.is-a-geek.org> In-Reply-To: <1237142952.1774.22.camel@balrog.2hip.net> References: <1237142952.1774.22.camel@balrog.2hip.net>
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On Sun, 15 Mar 2009, Robert Noland wrote: > I went ahead and merged the Radeon R6/7xx code to -STABLE a while ago. > > The current xorg drivers will not enable it by default on R600+ chips. > You will need to be using xf86-video-ati-6.12.0, > xf86-video-radeonhd-devel or possibly even better git master of either. > > You will need to add the following to the Device section of your > xorg.conf to enable it. If you are experiencing issues, commenting > these two options out, will prevent Xorg from auto-loading the kernel > module. > > Options "DRI" > Options "AccelMethod" "EXA" > > robert. I know it's been a few weeks, but thanks for this work! I'm using a Radeon HD 4350 and tracking -STABLE. Ever since the big xorg update, my system has been crippled. I like to use startx, restart X, and switch consoles with the function keys. The only driver I could find that didn't completely lock up the system when I did these things was the vesa driver, so I've been using it. Even now vesa throws "failed to set mtrr: Invalid argument" on startup and the screen gets corrupted when I change consoles with the function keys, but it doesn't freeze my system, so I've been using it. Today I finally got around to trying out the radeon changes listed above, and now my system is crippled no more! Plus I have graphics acceleration! Thanks!
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