From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 20:44:46 2008 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 D49BF1065670 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 20:44:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B50D8FC28 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 20:44:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m25KiDIY015343; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 21:44:13 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 850BCB829; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 21:44:13 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 21:44:13 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: alive Message-ID: <20080305204413.GA40846@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: alive , Isaac Mushinsky , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20080305171303.GA35180@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20080305193206.GC35180@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <8075d7711d388c03aa94be62027552ea@dienub.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8075d7711d388c03aa94be62027552ea@dienub.org> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: Isaac Mushinsky , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 or i386 for desktop use? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:44:46 -0000 --cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 09:22:35PM +0100, alive wrote: > Thanks. > Do you by any chance have a link to supported cards? http://www.sapphiretech.com/us/products/products_overview.php?gpid=3D59&grp= =3D2 Support for r300 based cards is coming as well. > Do you know if this driver supports Composite? OpenGL? It works with OpenGL. I haven't tried composite. > On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 20:32:06 +0100, Roland Smith wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 06:29:51PM +0100, alive wrote: > >> > Any ATI card up to and including the 9250 (rv280) is fully supported > > on > >> > amd64, 3D and all. (I know because I've got one :-) > >=20 > >> Oh, is that so? Could you please tell me how you got it to work? Becau= se > >> I've got GREAT issues getting *ANY* ATI card to work with at least > >> Composite on FreeBSD and/or Linux. And I've even got i386. Or has > > something > >> happened since I last cried myself to sleep over this driverless hell? > >=20 > > - Add the device radeondrm to you kernel config and recompile, or load > > the radeon.ko kernel module. > > - Install the xf86-video-ati driver (this is xorg 7.3!) > > - Load the right modules in xorg.conf; > > Section "Module" > > Load "dri" > > Load "glx" > > Load "dbe" > > Load "extmod" > > Load "freetype" > > Load "type1" > > EndSection > > - Use the radeon driver in xorg.conf: > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Card0" > > Driver "radeon" > > # Option "AGPMode" "8" > > # Option "DDCMode" "true" > > EndSection > >=20 > > That's about it, I think. You'll also need to install the dri port for direct rendering to work. And you'll need this in xorg.conf: Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHzwYdEnfvsMMhpyURAvexAJ4h68Ltp8qG9JOQSbs+iIeHo6fEBQCfSLUL kO3A7JPIgzp5rVlITH2wTzM= =0q+q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cNdxnHkX5QqsyA0e--