Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:36:42 -0700 From: Greg Skafte <skafte+freebsd-current@trollkarl.net> To: Thierry Herbelot <thierry@herbelot.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 1680x1050 support under FreeBSD (was Re: amd64 NVIDIA support in FreeBSD 7) Message-ID: <20071212233642.GF1267@trollkarl.trollkarl.net> In-Reply-To: <200712120002.08386.thierry@herbelot.com> References: <11167f520712082309s20895ae0se1780b029745c055@mail.gmail.com> <11167f520712111105l7a897d60w36de6c8ad7cb7b1d@mail.gmail.com> <b1fa29170712111116r5e997e7cxa03a3905689822c7@mail.gmail.com> <200712120002.08386.thierry@herbelot.com>
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I'm using a Radeon 9500 agp card with little issue, I'm using the radeon driver not the ati driver, and a DVI connector not the Analog VGA connector. Using the Analog VGA connection prevented me from using 1680x1050 mode.... Dec 12 14:42:50 trollkarl kernel: drm0: <ATI Radeon AS 9550> on vgapci0 Dec 12 14:42:50 trollkarl kernel: info: [drm] AGP at 0xf8000000 64MB Dec 12 14:42:50 trollkarl kernel: info: [drm] Initialized radeon 1.25.0 20060524 Dec 12 14:42:53 trollkarl kernel: info: [drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map Dec 12 14:42:53 trollkarl kernel: info: [drm] Loading R300 Microcode Dec 12 14:42:53 trollkarl kernel: info: [drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs Dec 12 14:42:53 trollkarl kernel: drm0: [ITHREAD] Quoting Thierry Herbelot (thierry@herbelot.com) On Subject: 1680x1050 support under FreeBSD (was Re: amd64 NVIDIA support in FreeBSD 7) Date: Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 12:02:06AM +0100 > > I don't know the status of ATI at the moment - if you want 3D support > > on FreeBSD right *now* I think nvidia/i386 is your only option. > > > > -Kip > > Hello, > > with less ambitious goals : what graphic card can I use these days to drive my > 1680x1050 LCD under X11 ? (I used to use my oldish radeon, with an ATI9200, > but the radeon support in xorg 7.3 seems to have been broken for around 3 > months and VESA does not drive 1680x1050) does the xorg nv driver support > 1680x1050 ? > > TfH > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Email: skafte@trollkarl.net Contact me for ICQ,MSN,AIM,Yahoo,Jabber -- -- When things can't get any worse, they simplify themselves by getting a whole lot worse then complicated. A complete and utter disaster is the simplest thing in the world; it's preventing one that's complex. (Janet Morris)
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