From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 1 17:21:12 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 9A9061065675 for ; Thu, 1 May 2008 17:21:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@2hip.net) Received: from gizmo.2hip.net (gizmo.2hip.net [64.74.207.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 422408FC19 for ; Thu, 1 May 2008 17:21:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@2hip.net) Received: from [192.168.166.46] ([70.168.41.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m41GwPto050575 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 1 May 2008 12:58:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rnoland@2hip.net) From: Robert Noland To: Jacques Fourie In-Reply-To: References: <20080501120805.0fede9c2.adamk@voicenet.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: 2Hip Networks Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 12:58:11 -0400 Message-Id: <1209661091.76802.0.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on gizmo.2hip.net 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 17:21:12 -0000 On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 18:19 +0200, Jacques Fourie wrote: > 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. What does pciconf -lv show for your hardware? robert. > 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. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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"