From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 2 15:56:03 2008 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 CD062106564A for ; Fri, 2 May 2008 15:56:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jacques.fourie@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EC1B8FC1A for ; Fri, 2 May 2008 15:56:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jacques.fourie@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 28so1217360wfa.7 for ; Fri, 02 May 2008 08:56:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=Z1cWSFBT+BBU8o0MA68TVZdF0u1fOSXR3P+9j/0+0AQ=; b=EIeSV2th7BGY/lYC9YKNkL08FMR70UYuEVK0J6C7vWk0fRUY/A9+ZbYKw1p7FUKHlqlDk0QMvQYRsDX4vsNs4aVh/DKaOU9hmD9S68SvKcL5sWEU10R79mHzzbqjiGgy9HWr/S1rRXrr1HsfVzo/nl666cxkfQydLSjXjrMpbh4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=mc0E+Eagnyhq2nCrn+sYZKhQz5DS6W+wgOcV+HIaKcpkWENvj16JxpyAo2F0yTag1xRMwOzYwjYC2bd+scyGwCSMuuFsaQhw/RMT5xp8jf7+z/xpA1jM4LBgP8UveIbUDe3+jTmlkp7hokGZ+MOxESSve2KwTaHbXD/Ekti8q5s= Received: by 10.142.126.17 with SMTP id y17mr1319553wfc.170.1209743762393; Fri, 02 May 2008 08:56:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.204.7 with HTTP; Fri, 2 May 2008 08:56:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 17:56:02 +0200 From: "Jacques Fourie" To: "Robert Noland" In-Reply-To: <1209742084.16853.19.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com.cox.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080501120805.0fede9c2.adamk@voicenet.com> <1209661091.76802.0.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com.cox.net> <20080502150503.370b8fa0@peedub.jennejohn.org> <1209741542.16853.16.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com.cox.net> <1209742084.16853.19.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com.cox.net> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Working fglrx driver on FreeBSD-7 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, 02 May 2008 15:56:03 -0000 On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Robert Noland wrote: > On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 11:19 -0400, Robert Noland wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 16:50 +0200, Jacques Fourie wrote: > > > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Gary Jennejohn > > > wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2 May 2008 11:55:03 +0200 > > > > > > > > "Jacques Fourie" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Robert Noland wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 18:19 +0200, Jacques Fourie wrote: > > > > > > > I tried the radeon driver but somehow couldn't get it to work. If I > > > > > > > start X the screen displays some strange looking artifacts :). I'll > > > > > > > give it another go - I'll definitely prefer running the radeon driver > > > > > > > if possible. > > Ok, I'm being a little slow this morning. What sort of artifacts? Can > you show an xorg log with the radeon driver? > > robert. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What does pciconf -lv show for your hardware? > > > > > > > > > > > > robert. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here is the relevant output from pciconf. > > > > > > > > > > vgapci0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x0934103c chip=0x56531002 > > > > > rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 > > > > > vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc' > > > > > device = 'Mobility Radeon X700' > > > > > class = display > > > > > subclass = VGA > > > > The drm drivers at least should correctly recognize this card, at least > > in -current. xf86-video-ati 6.8.0 should also properly recognize this > > chip. Are you saying that it isn't being recognized by the driver, or > > that it doesn't function properly once it is probed? > > > > robert. > > > > > > > > > > > > I tried version 6.8.0 of the radeon driver as well as 6.7.196. I also > > > > > tried various Xorg config settings such as specifying mode lines and > > > > > sync ranges but no luck. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know whether this helps, but the radeon man page states that the > > > > driver supports the X700, but not necessarily the mobility version. > > > > I don't know whether the M26 PCIE is the mobility version or not. > > > > > > > > Linux users seem to have lots of problems with this chip too, as revealed > > > > by a quick google search. > > > > > > > > --- > > > > Gary Jennejohn > > > > > > > > > > The X700 in my notebook is the mobility version, so I guess that's why > > > the radeon driver doesn't work for me. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Usually When X starts I see red and white lines at the top of the display. I can start xterms and see the mouse cursor change when I move the mouse over them but nothing else. I say usually because I just booted the notebook into FreeBSD after using Windows on it and now I see remnants from my Windows session on the display. I'll put my Xorg log somewhere and post a link. Jacques