Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 15:33:00 -0400 From: Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Cc: SammyG <dukeraenator@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Working fglrx driver on FreeBSD-7 Message-ID: <200810081533.00805.adamk@voicenet.com> In-Reply-To: <19885135.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <be2f52430805010835l1524853cx9bb50d4871150e49@mail.gmail.com> <19885135.post@talk.nabble.com>
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On Wednesday 08 October 2008 14:54:08 SammyG wrote: > Jacques Fourie-2 wrote: > > 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. > > This is a bit late, but I would be very grateful to know. I'm a complete > novice to Unix-like operating systems and trying to make 2d-accleration > work for my Radeon 9600 & P4P800 board on FreeBSD 7.0-Release. Since my > eyes can't stand tearing, I was thinking about switching to Linux... > I don't know if this will help, but I also had some arifacts(though quite > different from yours) and I somehow managed to remove them by setting the > right horizontal&vertial refresh rates values for my monitor in xorgconfig > tool, at least for 1024x768 mode. I didn't have to manually add or remove > any kernel modules in xorg.conf or /boot/loader.conf. Unfortunately, the > open-source generic radeon driver doesn't seem to support 2d-accleration... That is not the case at all. The radeon driver supports 2D acceleration (and 3D acceleration) on all r100 through r500 cards these days. Adam -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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