Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:26:02 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Kelly Hendrix <kelly@compuage.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Dell Inspiron and Ati Rage Mobility Message-ID: <XFMail.010312102602.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010312125504.H2161@hnet04.kellyhendrix.com>
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On 12-Mar-01 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: > > (EE) No devices detected. > > Fatal server error: > no screens found > > I've included the relevant sections of my XF86Config file in case anyone > would like to look it over. If someone could point me to or send a > working XF86Config, that would be great. Erm, this XF86Config looks kind of bogus. I run X-cvs on my Inspiron 5000e with the 1600x1200 display. You can get my XF86Config file at http://www.FreeBSd.org/~jhb/XF86config. If your laptop doesn't do 1600x1200, then you probably want to remove the fake horizontal and vertical refresh rates (X shouldn't care about those for LCD screens since they don't do refreshes, but it does.. *sigh*) from the Screen section. Also, most of the laptop users hang out on the -mobile list, which has a lot less traffic than -questions, just so you know for future laptop questions. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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