Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 19:58:38 -0500 From: Jeff <isando@dal.net> To: Terry Warner <keerf@www.netlabs.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI Rage Mobility Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991015195838.00796ce0@pop-server.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.991015202750.7497A-100000@www.netlabs.net> References: <3.0.6.32.19991015172209.0079e4a0@pop-server.san.rr.com>
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Terry: It was a sound idea, however it did not work. I suspect that adding vga=792 initializes the video card in Linux at boot time. It may very well be a kernel difference between FreeBSD and Linux that allows it to work in Linux. If it runs in X on one platform, it seems it should run on all platforms, though. Well back to the drawing board. Thanks though! Jeff At 08:29 PM 10/15/99 -0400, you wrote: > >Hi Jeff, > >This may be a shot in the dark .. but it's worth a try .. you might want >to try adding VGA=792 in your $HOME/.xinitrc .. it may work .. like I >said .. just a thought > >Terry >keerf@netlabs.net > > >On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Jeff wrote: > >> I have a Gateway Solo 9300 laptop with the ATI Rage Mobility 8MB AGP video >> card. This card does not appear to be supported by X at the moment. I have >> tried several different approaches to get X to work, however the only thing >> which has worked to date is installing RedHat 6.0 and adding VGA=792 to >> lilo.conf. Unfortunately, it is Linux. >> >> The key to getting this card to work in X was adding VGA=792 to lilo.conf. >> Without that I experienced the same problems as I did with FreeBSD-3.2 and >> 3.3. >> >> Is it possible to pass this argument, VGA=792, in FreeBSD? Or is there an >> equivalent I might use. Obviously there is no lilo.conf in FreeBSD, so Im a >> little stumped. I would appreciate any help anyone might be able to offer. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jeff >> >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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