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Date:      Fri, 10 Feb 2006 23:05:57 +0100
From:      Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de>
To:        Neil Short <neshort@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: proprietary ATI Radeon driver or fglrx
Message-ID:  <43ED0E45.9060009@ultra-secure.de>
In-Reply-To: <20060210214954.7974.qmail@web30712.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References:  <20060210214954.7974.qmail@web30712.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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Neil Short wrote:

>Is there a special ATI kernel module or driver for the
>ATI RADEON video device?
>
>I have an ATI RADEON 200M and am trying to run it on a
>1280x800 lcd monitor.
>
>the vesa driver is working. Not confident that the
>resolution is correct.
>  
>


xdpyinfo

>Plus, I'd like to have the option of using dual
>monitors with it.
>
>Reading through the discussions on cyberspace it
>appears a lot of people are using a proprietary ATI
>driver for Linux. There is a lot of mention of a
>driver called fglx. Does anybody know what that's all
>about? Is anything like it available for FreeBSD?
>
>  
>



Somebody posted work on this driver to current a few weeks ago.
http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37837

3d acceleration does not work.



Rainer






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