From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 3 00:31:41 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF07516A41C; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 00:31:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 482D844328; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 00:18:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3B33461AB8; Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:18:20 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: ps@mu.org Delivered-To: ps@mu.org Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [216.136.204.119]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0193B5C99C for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:57:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1517456248; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:56:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5B2116A4EB; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:56:54 +0000 (GMT) Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 508) id C370416A4CF; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:56:50 +0000 (GMT) To: current@FreeBSD.org, julian@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <200501300442.j0U4gbWT077189@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-Id: <20050130205650.C370416A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> From: julian@FreeBSD.ORG (Julian Elischer) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Errors-To: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on elvis.mu.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Level: Cc: x11@freebsd.org Subject: Inspiron 7500 vs x.org server X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:31:41 -0000 X-Original-Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:56:50 +0000 (GMT) X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:31:41 -0000 Adding more to this.. x.org has this as bug 1109 It was erroneously linked as a duplicate of 1881 which has been fixed, however that was a bug in the radeon driver and this is the ati driver. If anyone knows what the Linux "vga=793" or (whatever it is) kernel option does and whether there is somethign equivalent for freeBSD that would be interesting. > Ok, so hearing good things about the x.org server > and having seen it work elsewhere, I upgraded my laptop > from XFree86 to x.org today.. > all went fine.. > Except running it I just get a black screen. > no errors.. The Server thinks it's doing just fine.. > > ok, so I go to my wife's ibook and surf around a bit and discover > that this is known.. Dell Inspiron 7500 and x.org > have this problem. > > There is talk of a workaround in linux.. setting a kernel argument to > vga=753 or someothing similar, and there is one posting that talks about > a similar workaround for FreeBSD existing, but I have not been > able to find the workaround itself. Apparently this has been solved > somewhere as well, but I can't find any specific reference to what the fix > is/was. > > If anyone has a hint as to what the problem is (apparently some IBM > laptops have the same problem (they use the same Rage mobility-M chip). > > Looking forward to having X again... > > If anyone has a dell 7500 working with x,org, I'd love to get a copy > of your ati driver or a description of how you solved it.. > > T.I.A. > > Julian > > _______________________________________________ > 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" _______________________________________________ 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"