From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 18 08:41:46 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4CC016A47C for ; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:41:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: from lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (mail.bathnetworks.com [84.92.24.252]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F33D343D70 for ; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:41:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: (qmail 21812 invoked by uid 510); 18 Jun 2006 09:49:15 +0100 Received: from 127.0.0.1 by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (envelope-from , uid 508) with qmail-scanner-1.24-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.88/1261. spamassassin: 3.0.2. perlscan: 1.24-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(127.0.0.1):SA:0(-4.7/5.0):. Processed in 3.627321 secs); 18 Jun 2006 08:49:15 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.7 required=5.0 X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN-Mail-From: bsd@bathnetworks.com via lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN: 1.24-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(127.0.0.1):SA:0(-4.7/5.0):. Processed in 3.627321 secs Process 21803) Received: from localhost (HELO 192.168.0.50) (bsd@bathnetworks.com@127.0.0.1) by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk with SMTP; 18 Jun 2006 09:49:11 +0100 Received: from 192.168.0.104 (SquirrelMail authenticated user bsd@bathnetworks.com) by 192.168.0.50 with HTTP; Sun, 18 Jun 2006 09:49:11 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <64167.192.168.0.104.1150620551.squirrel@192.168.0.50> In-Reply-To: References: <63411.192.168.0.104.1150566985.squirrel@192.168.0.50> Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 09:49:11 +0100 (BST) From: bsd@bathnetworks.com To: "Walt Pawley" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X ATI driver? 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: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:41:46 -0000 > On 6/17/06 6:56 PM +0100, bsd@bathnetworks.com wrote on Re: X ATI driver? > >>ATI cards with X Windows are a bit of a pain. As I understand it, ATI >> have >>not released their specs etc so that any X driver is reverse engineered. >>NVIDA does provide drivers which do work. I have an old MACH32 in a >> server >>and could only get it to work as using the Vesa drivers. It runs at >>1024x768, but I was not too bothered as the machine after setting up runs >>headless. >> >>My advice is try the VESA drivers if that fails try and change to NVIDA. > > Rob, > > I'm finding the docs less than helpful about all this. If I > don't use the suggested configuration, then I need to fill in a > bunch of stuff I don't know about - or, so it seems, at least. > Here's what the configuration file looks like after doing Xorg > -configure. > Snip > Any chance you could show me how to either do the changes to > VESA or NVDIA or to find the documents that are supposed to be > helpful, preferentially off list (I'll write a report for the > list if we can get it working). I've tried a few things and > they tend to belch for not being correct but they don't give me > any clues about to correct them. > -- > > Walter M. Pawley > Wump Research & Company > 676 River Bend Road, Roseburg, OR 97470 > 541-672-8975 > Walt, It was some ago, that I had the problem with ATI. ISTR that I used one of the other config tools. Have a look at the FreeBSD page: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html There are other config tools listed. I think I used xorgconfig and tried the various options starting at the lowest resolutions until I got as far as possible. As far as Changing to Nvidia that is just a matter of getting a Nvidia card and swopping it with the ATI. Nvidia do have drivers on their site for 3d etc with instructions on what to do. Rob