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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com>
Subject: Re: xorg 1.14 and FreeBSD 8.4
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On Sat, 3 Jan 2015, George Mitchell wrote:

> On 01/03/15 16:28, George Mitchell wrote:
>> uname: 8.4-STABLE #0 r276630: Sat Jan  3 14:49:03 EST 2015
>> /usr/src Revision: 276630 (stable/8)
>> /usr/ports Revision: 376034 (branches/2015Q1)
>> 
>> Any suggestions why I am getting "(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a
>> usable configuration"?  The result is I have no X.  Please see attached
>> log (unless the mailing list strips it, in which case I will post it).
>> I am not subscribed to this list; please CC: me in your responses.
>> -- George
> Should have known the list would strip the attachment.  The log is here:
> http://www.m5p.com/~george/freebsd/8.4-1.14-Xorg.0.log         -- George

It's worth trying x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-ums.  An upgrade to 10.1 to 
support the KMS driver might be required.