From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 15 09:40:21 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A322816A400 for ; Tue, 15 May 2007 09:40:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from exiaf_radar_guy38@yahoo.co.in) Received: from web8906.mail.in.yahoo.com (web8906.mail.in.yahoo.com [203.84.221.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CF7FD13C45A for ; Tue, 15 May 2007 09:40:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from exiaf_radar_guy38@yahoo.co.in) Received: (qmail 96626 invoked by uid 60001); 15 May 2007 09:40:18 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.co.in; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=osDQUmcC0eE74+GJ/e/RG+S3cSMJZAl5Mw0JQRxITn63g8B1ZA1qFuMj9Nuiabc9aogRiJoOFs6T8G0MLwUHLCvwR6fp/vIoclilxd/4OD38zYWb5T1izKaYD09/8s/ZkZq1YbWKM75LGVqBM54occbXnxQFFGPjtiDWtKJXKuQ=; X-YMail-OSG: jSBj9rUVM1n5rGIuUcSLMJ7Tejg.d3WMs6IRw9h.EwWsNWYIsTOIQDW9g7sb8DmXOYEY7RxjYvEfZhCxuAJ.wOx1pjftocvjqA7BWuY5AeK6xLMuiIxjv2fbeIvY_Q-- Received: from [59.94.182.78] by web8906.mail.in.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 15 May 2007 10:40:18 BST Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 10:40:18 +0100 (BST) From: dharam paul To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200705142136.l4ELaDCL020078@mp.cs.niu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <705577.96074.qm@web8906.mail.in.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: ATI Radeon 9600xt (256MB DDR) on FreeBSD 6.2 ; SOLVED NOW X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 09:40:21 -0000 Sir, Now I have used ATI Radeon driver but the screen was still 'diagonally shifted' wherein at the bottom and at the left of the screen there was blank space. I am using FreeBSD 6.2. I also added device drm device radeondrm in my Kernel. But it did not make any difference to the display. The solution was achieved accidentally when I changed the settings during performing settings after passing 'xorgconf' command, I selected No. 6 when the program asked for the Horizontal Refresh Rate of the monitor. Earlier I was using 30-70 KHz. Now the screen in Video mode is OK. I very sincerely thank all Gurus who helped me resolve the issue. FreeBSD is a wonderful OS. When I logged as another user and tried to enter into GUI mode, I realised that for this user also I have to do the setting so that xinitrc knows which GUI to use. I tried Gnome for this user. It is a wonderful OS, I can assign different GUI environments to different users! Regards --- Scott Bennett wrote: > On Mon, 14 May 2007 16:18:22 +0100 (BST) dharam > paul > wrote: > > >That is right sir, thugh kde package was installed, > >but > >% echo "exec startkde" > ~/.xinitrc > >was still required to be passed to X server. > > > >The display is as if the screen is diagonally right > >shifted (i.e. there is empty space at the left and > at > >the bottom) > >I am using VESA driver. Is further improvement > >possible so that display is stretched to whole > screen. > >I have googled about this problem, but so far the > >solution seems to be a little away. > > The VESA driver is not optimal for that card. > The radeon driver will > at least get you 2-D acceleration, though not 3-D. > The reason xorg -configure > doesn't find your card is most likely the absence of > a radeon kernel driver > in your kernel. FreeBSD 6.1 still needed the > following two lines added to > the kernel configuration, though 6.2 doesn't seem to > need them. > > device drm > device radeondrm > > I don't recall whether you stated which version of > FreeBSD you were using. > > > Scott Bennett, > Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG > ********************************************************************** > * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu > * > *--------------------------------------------------------------------* > * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at > all times a good * > * objection to the introduction of that bane of all > free governments * > * -- a standing army." > * > * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 > January 1790 * > ********************************************************************** > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Dharam Paul Balley Office firewalls, cyber cafes, college labs, don't allow you to download CHAT? Click here: http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php