From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 17 06:36:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99996106564A for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:36:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@c0mplx.org) Received: from home.opsec.eu (unknown [IPv6:2001:14f8:200::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57ED58FC1F for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:36:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@c0mplx.org) Received: from pi by home.opsec.eu with local (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Jb8xL-0007Ol-HF; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:36:23 +0100 Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:36:23 +0100 From: Kurt Jaeger To: peter stern Message-ID: <20080317063623.GA3180@home.opsec.eu> References: <20080316211253.M2398@jago.65north.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080316211253.M2398@jago.65north.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recovering from the 6.3 xorg mess X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:36:27 -0000 Hi! > I'd appreciate suggestions on how to get a working xorg from the mess 6.3 > shipped with. I've been using FreeBSD since 2.2 and have never had much > trouble with it until the 6 branch was released. My hardware is pretty > generic Intel brand D865 motherboard, matrox g550 video. I don't customize > the kernel. I do clean installs not upgrades. Basically, the problem is with the matrox board. Due to the very same reasons I had to upgrade my workstation (good excuse 8-) Matrox provides a mga_hal binary to support the relevant resolution and other gimmicks of that board. This binary works with xorg-6.x, but not with xorg-7.x, because there were changes in the interfaces to the low-level things. As far as I can see, there is no driver from mga for 7.x available as of now. -- pi@opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 12 years to go !