From owner-freebsd-ia32@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 18 05:50:47 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ia32@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 349DE16A4CE for ; Wed, 18 May 2005 05:50:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-04-eri0.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-04-lbl.southeast.rr.com [24.25.9.103]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54F4943D93 for ; Wed, 18 May 2005 05:50:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jason@ec.rr.com) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (cpe-065-184-196-020.ec.res.rr.com [65.184.196.20])j4I5oWL4012475; Wed, 18 May 2005 01:50:33 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <428ADA89.3090308@ec.rr.com> Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 02:02:49 -0400 From: jason henson User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050426) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Simon Maginnity References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: freebsd-ia32@freebsd.org cc: Sean Davis Subject: Re: FreeBSD/i386 lockups with Xorg & Radeon cards X-BeenThere: freebsd-ia32@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD on the IA-32 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 05:50:47 -0000 Simon Maginnity wrote: >I am having the same problem with a Abit Radeon RX700(uses ATI chipset), >have tried to configure xorg using the xorgcfg -textmode command and editing >the xorg.conf file afterwards to check it over etc. when I do 'man radeon' >my card is unlisted and x either locks up completely or tells me I do not >have a monitor specified. > >Is there any newer Radeon drivers available? Whats the easiest console >command to get them? > >Xorg.conf automatically loads the dri module in FreeBSD 5.4 too, so it's not >that. > >I have looked at the logs for xorg in /var/logs/Xorg.0.log and did not find >anything that particularly stuck out as obviously wrong, although there >could have been, there was lots of stuff in there. > >Thanks for your help > > >On 12/5/05 2:51 PM, "jason henson" wrote: > > > Search for WW or II and maybe ** in the log for problems. You should disable dri for your card, only 2d is supported now for your card. It seems you made an another error when you edited you x config file by hand to get the monitor error. Post a copy of your file and some one(me?) can look it over. Here is the official up to date status for radeon cards on x http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATI?action=highlight&value=CategoryHardwareVendor >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Do you have an nforce chipset on the motherboard? I do and I have never >>>>had any version of x to work with dri on a radeon. So disable dri if it >>>>is on and try again. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>No. Both motherboards are VIA chipsets, one is an ASUS and one is an ASRock. >>>(although I've been told that ASRock is a low-budget division of ASUS, dunno >>>whether that's true or not.) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Also are you getting any error messages? You can check /var/run for the >>>>x logs from the last running of x. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Nope. Just locks the machine. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Does x lock after the startx command, or randomly later on while you are >>>>using x? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>It locks as soon as the X server starts. I can start it with X -configure, >>>xorgcfg, or just plain `X', it doesn't matter - as soon as it starts trying >>>to initialize the display, it locks up. >>> >>>-Sean >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Sounds like a driver problem. Are you loading dri. Post a copy of >>xorg.conf. >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> > > >Simon Maginnity >ICT Technician >Catholic College Wodonga >PO Box 591, Bowman Crt, Wodonga, >Victoria, Australia, 3689. >Phone: +61 2 6059 1222 >Fax: +61 2 6059 3488 >email: smg@ccw.vic.edu.au > > > > > >