From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 2 15:28:26 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BA03106578B for ; Fri, 2 May 2008 15:28:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@2hip.net) Received: from gizmo.2hip.net (gizmo.2hip.net [64.74.207.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B9BE8FC12 for ; Fri, 2 May 2008 15:28:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@2hip.net) Received: from [192.168.166.46] ([70.168.41.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m42FSM4N057035 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 2 May 2008 11:28:23 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rnoland@2hip.net) From: Robert Noland To: Jacques Fourie In-Reply-To: <1209741542.16853.16.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com.cox.net> References: <20080501120805.0fede9c2.adamk@voicenet.com> <1209661091.76802.0.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com.cox.net> <20080502150503.370b8fa0@peedub.jennejohn.org> <1209741542.16853.16.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com.cox.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: 2Hip Networks Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 11:28:04 -0400 Message-Id: <1209742084.16853.19.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on gizmo.2hip.net Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Working fglrx driver on FreeBSD-7 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, 02 May 2008 15:28:26 -0000 On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 11:19 -0400, Robert Noland wrote: > On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 16:50 +0200, Jacques Fourie wrote: > > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Gary Jennejohn > > wrote: > > > On Fri, 2 May 2008 11:55:03 +0200 > > > > > > "Jacques Fourie" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Robert Noland wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 18:19 +0200, Jacques Fourie wrote: > > > > > > I tried the radeon driver but somehow couldn't get it to work. If I > > > > > > start X the screen displays some strange looking artifacts :). I'll > > > > > > give it another go - I'll definitely prefer running the radeon driver > > > > > > if possible. Ok, I'm being a little slow this morning. What sort of artifacts? Can you show an xorg log with the radeon driver? robert. > > > > > > > > > > What does pciconf -lv show for your hardware? > > > > > > > > > > robert. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here is the relevant output from pciconf. > > > > > > > > vgapci0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x0934103c chip=0x56531002 > > > > rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 > > > > vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc' > > > > device = 'Mobility Radeon X700' > > > > class = display > > > > subclass = VGA > > The drm drivers at least should correctly recognize this card, at least > in -current. xf86-video-ati 6.8.0 should also properly recognize this > chip. Are you saying that it isn't being recognized by the driver, or > that it doesn't function properly once it is probed? > > robert. > > > > > > > > > I tried version 6.8.0 of the radeon driver as well as 6.7.196. I also > > > > tried various Xorg config settings such as specifying mode lines and > > > > sync ranges but no luck. > > > > > > > > > > I don't know whether this helps, but the radeon man page states that the > > > driver supports the X700, but not necessarily the mobility version. > > > I don't know whether the M26 PCIE is the mobility version or not. > > > > > > Linux users seem to have lots of problems with this chip too, as revealed > > > by a quick google search. > > > > > > --- > > > Gary Jennejohn > > > > > > > The X700 in my notebook is the mobility version, so I guess that's why > > the radeon driver doesn't work for me. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"