From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 12 10:12: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from out4.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (out4.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net [169.207.1.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C52737B718 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:11:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dpoland@execpc.com) Received: from earth.execpc.com (dpoland@earth.execpc.com [169.207.16.1]) by out4.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f2CIBqN69039; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 12:11:52 -0600 (CST) Received: (from dpoland@localhost) by earth.execpc.com (8.9.0) id MAA27812; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 12:11:52 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 12:11:52 -0600 From: Doug Poland To: Kelly Hendrix Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron and Ati Rage Mobility Message-ID: <20010312121151.A26602@polands.org> Mail-Followup-To: Kelly Hendrix , FreeBSD Questions References: <20010312125504.H2161@hnet04.kellyhendrix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3us In-Reply-To: <20010312125504.H2161@hnet04.kellyhendrix.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 12:55:04PM -0500, Kelly Hendrix wrote: > Greetings > > I've managed to install FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE on my Inspiron 8000 laptop > with few problems, but I'm having trouble with X-Windows. According to > some of the archives I've read, XFree86 4.0.2 supports the Ati Rage > Mobility with the ati driver. I've also tried the radeon, r128, and > atimisc drivers with no success. I can get the vga driver to work, but > the resolution is so large, I personally find it unusable. With all the > drivers above, X probes the card and finds it to be an Ati Rage 128 > Mobility MF rev 0. Dmesg says it's an ATI model 4d46. Anyway, X fails > to open with: > Kelly, This may (or may not) help. I had XFree86 3.whatever running on the same adapter (compaq armada). If you like, I'll send you my XF86Config. (4.1-RELEASE) -- Regards, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message