From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 1 16:19:25 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B3671065674 for ; Thu, 1 May 2008 16:19:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jacques.fourie@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5E5E8FC15 for ; Thu, 1 May 2008 16:19:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jacques.fourie@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 5so525442ywh.13 for ; Thu, 01 May 2008 09:19:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=pnH9zt331j6+Hd1zTm9ljNp1XNvwINyHX3xnaP0XBUE=; b=ORE/H71BktF1xJ5nvEK8zsYM1VqBb82jE8AvlJtyoOBjinIyfTnyPClu1BugQj7QVnHMLIP4gL60Lw2hxUBS+Dzx7jIL/3Aux1CZ0Z/Suro61NmYvc3ITMKCEj/GSNadINokdPFV6ZY/kwAEp2O/7JawWkGt8hp/38cTMg1m8pg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=SOp165QVcgiVTOLbzKrGQEyRX/gaYq51LFyloxCZTdBiDYeuxbXtxvHkwblz1xmdCa97CA2OyO8gaBztnLwhVRia+/6wWN0cRhlqzvYH9vHvaiwoJFaDwd8C3gh3SWpattcGP2B5Z/nCDT+WehnTbTrr0/zB8NW7EgzGhB818kY= Received: by 10.142.216.9 with SMTP id o9mr862238wfg.93.1209658761978; Thu, 01 May 2008 09:19:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.204.7 with HTTP; Thu, 1 May 2008 09:19:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 18:19:21 +0200 From: "Jacques Fourie" To: "Adam K Kirchhoff" In-Reply-To: <20080501120805.0fede9c2.adamk@voicenet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080501120805.0fede9c2.adamk@voicenet.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Working fglrx driver on FreeBSD-7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 16:19:25 -0000 I tried the radeon driver but somehow couldn't get it to work. If I start X the screen displays some strange looking artifacts :). I'll give it another go - I'll definitely prefer running the radeon driver if possible. Jacques > > The x700 is supported by the 'radeon' driver, including 3D (good > enough to run compiz) and Xvideo. I currently use that on this > machine. Did you try that driver? > > Adam > > > > On Thu, 1 May 2008 17:35:39 +0200 > "Jacques Fourie" wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have a HP/Compaq nw8240 notebook that has an ATI Mobility Radeon > > X700 chipset. I couldn't find any X11 drivers (except vesa) that works > > with this chipset and the previous fglrx-on-freebsd effort does not > > have support for the later Xorg versions such as the one found in > > FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE. Luckily I managed to get the latest driver for > > Linux to work - no 3D acceleration but 2D and Xvideo works fine. I can > > now work at 1920x1200 and use mplayer in fullscreen mode so I'm happy. > > If anyone is interested let me know and I'll post instructions on how > > to accomplish this. It is relatively simple - I had to create a simple > > wrapper that allows the FreeBSD Xorg to load the Linux driver with the > > help of libmap.conf. > > > > regards, > > Jacques > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > -- > Adam K Kirchhoff > Digital Color Image > 5055 Central Highway > Pennsauken, NJ 08109 > Phone: 856-662-5532 > Fax: 856-662-0344 > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >