From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 24 21:34:23 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E992E16A417 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:34:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5C6213C467 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:34:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l8OLYMvT008941; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:34:22 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) with ESMTP id l8OLYM0S008938; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:34:22 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:34:22 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Lamont Granquist In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20070924153008.P8832@wonkity.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:34:22 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI DRIVER: xorg 7.3 + radeon X600 + dell DELL E228WFP 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: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:34:24 -0000 On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Lamont Granquist wrote: > > With this setup I'm not getting the ATI driver to work. I want 1680x1050, > but I'm stuck with the VESA driver and VESA video modes and need a little > help trying to configure it. AFAIK, I've got everything upgraded (recent > build of the world, recent portupgrade -af) and I'm using Xorg -configure for > my xorg.conf. I did the "mystical journal" to Xorg 7.2 on a previous rebuild > and followed /usr/ports/UPDATING and there doesn't seem to be anything > relevant in there which is more recent. > > The symptoms are that when I try to startx the monitor goes into power saving > mode and the keyboard becomes non-responsive (ctrl-alt-bs, ctrl-alt-f-keys, > alt-f-keys, ctrl-alt-del no longer respond). The power button on the front > of the machines does to a successful ACPI power down so the machine isn't > completely locked up, just the console. You don't have a 1680x1050 mode declared in the 24-bit Screen section. Before you try that, though, rename your xorg.conf to something else and try starting X with no xorg.conf at all. Some things are new to 7.3, and it wouldn't surprise me that -configure hasn't kept up with them. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA