From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 19 19:00:16 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE358106566B for ; Sat, 19 May 2012 19:00:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AAB28FC08 for ; Sat, 19 May 2012 19:00:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-20-192.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.20.192]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id E57593CC37; Sat, 19 May 2012 21:00:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id q4JJ08w1002632; Sat, 19 May 2012 21:00:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 21:00:08 +0200 From: Polytropon To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org Message-Id: <20120519210008.f1721985.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4FB7DF67.1000603@dreamchaser.org> References: <4FB730B7.60009@dreamchaser.org> <4FB7DF67.1000603@dreamchaser.org> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI Radeon HD5500 driver question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 19:00:16 -0000 On Sat, 19 May 2012 11:59:03 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: > 1. Since the driver notes that Acceleration was disabled, but there are > no other errors, shouldn't the driver work in dumb frame buffer mode? > (Hoping to get something hobbling along...) Or is this the result of > the need for KMS and I'm SOL? Do you have drm/dri (direct renering) installed, port and kernel module? I've been using that with a ATI Radeon 9200 (I think, RV250, no HD) with excellent 2D and 3D results both with XFree86 and X.org - tested with excessive gaming. :-) > 2. Since the server didn't exit, is it actually pretending to run? Check using ps or top. > Shouldn't I be seeing the standard X grey hatched background? No. The default new background is plain black. Nothing to see. No grey pattern, no twm, nothing. And in case HAL and DBUS _or_ xorg.conf settings don't really match, you don't even see the X-shaped mouse cursor. > 3. The Xorg man page notes that should cause it to > exit. However, it doesn't, and I had to use kill -TERM. Any hints on > why doesn't cause it to exit? This is also a new default to _not_ work anymore. You have more than two (if I remember correctly) options in making it work. You'll find them in the Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html One possibility when X has been compiled _without_ HAL support (and no hald running), placing Option "DontZap" "false" into the "ServerLayout" section should work. Additionally, I see that I have Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" in the "InputDevice" section of "Keyboard0". It "just" works. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...