Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:18:32 +0100 From: "Valerio Daelli" <valerio.daelli@gmail.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SOLVED Xorg hangs with radeon driver Message-ID: <27dbfc8c0711240418t5e5ddfc3pe16cf20b1bab6430@mail.gmail.com>
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On Nov 24, 2007 10:31 AM, Valerio Daelli <valerio.daelli@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I have a laptop, an Acer TravelMate 2500 with a graphic card ATI Radeon RS300. > I use 7.0-BETA3. > If I generate an xorg.conf with 'Xorg -configure', th generated xorg.conf uses > the radeon driver. If I try it with 'Xorg -config xorg.conf' (or with 'startx') > the laptop hangs with a black screen, I am unable to get a dump or to > switch to DDB. > If I use the driver 'ati' I am able to get X working, but: > 1-If I use the VideoRam in the card section the laptop hangs > 2-If I specify a DefaultDepth of 16 or 24 it hangs > I tried to disable the AIGLX option, but it does not work. > So I am able to use only an 'ati' driver with DefaultDepth of 8 and no VideoRam. Hi Now thanks to Steve Roome I solved the problem. I had to put Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS, NONE" and Option "DRI" "off" in the xorg.conf file and I have the desired color depth. Sorry for the noise Valerio Daelli
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