From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 10 22:06:07 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 756ED16A422 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:06:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rainer@ultra-secure.de) Received: from bsd.ultra-secure.de (bsd.ultra-secure.de [62.146.20.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 338BD43D53 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:06:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rainer@ultra-secure.de) Received: (qmail 85518 invoked by uid 89); 10 Feb 2006 22:06:03 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 85504, pid: 85510, t: 2.6371s scanners: attach: 1.1.0 clamav: 0.86.2/m:33/d:1045 spam: 3.0.4 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.224?) (rainer@ultra-secure.de@217.71.83.52) by bsd.ultra-secure.de with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 10 Feb 2006 22:06:00 -0000 Message-ID: <43ED0E45.9060009@ultra-secure.de> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 23:05:57 +0100 From: Rainer Duffner User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20051013) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Neil Short References: <20060210214954.7974.qmail@web30712.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060210214954.7974.qmail@web30712.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on bsd.ultra-secure.de X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.4 Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: proprietary ATI Radeon driver or fglrx X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:06:07 -0000 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