From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 18 14:19:22 2010 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 6A95D106564A for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:19:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mla_strick@att.net) Received: from smtp126.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (smtp126.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [69.147.65.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 51C508FC08 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:19:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 47828 invoked from network); 18 Jun 2010 13:52:42 -0000 Received: from adsl-69-228-86-101.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net (mla_strick@69.228.86.101 with login) by smtp126.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 18 Jun 2010 06:52:42 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: ppEzeiKswBBq7wHVNDEiPbPsAwzyGELyRI8IdiDYGqsxaD5uQA-- X-YMail-OSG: ccPOhSQVM1nwKseEfA6n1L1AiEHw1WjR.ih_OlMHT64Vb9jSZHehvoh.gc1sktNxtZAYYJyQ47_6onwQePLSHTQKcKyCRnbHCGjjnA_Sx_7PtsJl3OUigGc0zUx4vMVmLZ78wXcX6jr6SbprjzMliuyf2ZXvo8IiItrmmt6IloUFSdh9XDO8UsmdvHuXgj5ntoy77Wka_rKa1J_mtdr_PZVPrUuCEfKM6pGg5x4TQz2yhoFmVSaQOzkraBhfSfNjQYkmYZKHS36Vx_7hz6WAX5iZzGXG7PP5Q6gNhD7CoOZF_vQJAT30TSWVPU7VDw-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Received: from mist.nodomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mist.nodomain (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o5IDqeYf090158; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:52:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mla@mist.nodomain) Received: (from dan@localhost) by mist.nodomain (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o5IDqdx8090157; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:52:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mla) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:52:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Strick Message-Id: <201006181352.o5IDqdx8090157@mist.nodomain> To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Cc: dan@mist.nodomain Subject: vesa/mga driver problems upgrading to FreeBSD 8.0 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, 18 Jun 2010 14:19:22 -0000 I just upgraded my old backup system from FreeBSD release 6.1 to FreeBSD 8.0 and I am having a terrible problem with X11. My graphics card is a Matrox Millenium II and it worked just fine with the mga video diver. The mga driver seems to have gone away and the Xorg server insists that I use the vesa driver. The vesa driver does not seem to recognize any video modes with resolution greater than 1024x768 which is just not acceptable for general use. The only obvious documentation for the vesa driver, the "vesa" man page, does not list the acceptable video modes or suggest where such a list might be found. The Xorg.0.log file it produces lists a bunch of "DDC gathered Modelines" such as: (II) VESA(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0 108.00 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz) (II) VESA(0): Modeline "1600x1200"x0.0 175.50 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1 204 1250 +hsync +vsync (81.2 kHz) (II) VESA(0): Modeline "1600x1200"x0.0 162.00 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1 204 1250 +hsync +vsync (75.0 kHz) (II) VESA(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1 028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz) but when I try to use one of these modes the driver claims that there is no such mode, for exaple: (II) VESA(0): Not using mode "1152x864" (no mode of this name) and it seems that the driver simply ignores any modes that I define. I guess that is a vesa thing. Are there any VESA modes with useful resolutions? Is there any way to get the old mga driver back? The port builds ok but will not install because some other driver that it depends on is broken. Thanks, Dan Strick mla_strick@att.net