Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:51:22 -0400 From: Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, vova@fbsd.ru Cc: cokane@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AIGLX, ATI/AMD Radeons and FreeBSD -current Message-ID: <200708301151.22701.adamk@voicenet.com> In-Reply-To: <1188487000.3168.6.camel@localhost> References: <46D6D0F8.3080700@FreeBSD.org> <1188487000.3168.6.camel@localhost>
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On Thursday 30 August 2007 11:16:40 Vladimir Grebenschikov wrote: > =F7 Thu, 30/08/2007 =D7 10:15 -0400, Coleman Kane =D0=C9=DB=C5=D4: > > Hi, > > > > I am curious what the state of AIGLX is using the ATI R300+ cards (I've > > an rv350) under FreeBSD. I have been trying to track down what work is > > being done on the problem. > > > > I see a number of references detailing that it *is* broken, but I am > > having difficulty tracking down any progress or unofficial patches to > > deal with fixing it... is there anybody who's actively working on fixing > > this problem? > > > > I found PR 112984: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D112984 > > which documents some spotty working/not working cases... all referencing > > 6.2-STABLE. Is this the only progress made so far? Is there any "working > > solution" under -current (or does the -stable fix apply to -current > > too)? Does the xorg-server-snap get better results? > > > > I'm hoping that someone else has already trudged through here and can > > help shortcut what may be a drawn-out compile/test/debug/recompile > > cycle... > > Have you tried native Linux drivers from ? > http://www.fglrx-freebsd.com/index.php > About those drivers: 1) They don't support Xorg 7.* 2) They don't support 3D acceleration 3) Even on linux, they don't support AIGLX, which is what the original post= er=20 was looking for. The open source r300 driver supports 1 & 2, but bring down the machine when= =20 you enable number 3 on FreeBSD :-) =20 Adam
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