Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:04:52 -0700 From: "John R. Shannon" <john@johnrshannon.com> To: Darrell Blake <darrell@dunmanifestin.co.uk>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Radeon 9600 Problem Message-ID: <200311191605.03453.john@johnrshannon.com> In-Reply-To: <200311192254.08939.darrell@dunmanifestin.co.uk> References: <200311192254.08939.darrell@dunmanifestin.co.uk>
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=2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) Your card supports a second monitor. You can configure second device and=20 monitor sections for it; you don't have to if you're using a single monitor. > no screens found You're probably specifying a mode inconsistent with your devices capabiliti= es.=20 The probe output shows what is supported. P.S.: I'm using a Radeon 9600. If you want, I can send you my XF86Config fi= le=20 for a model. On Wednesday 19 November 2003 03:54 pm, Darrell Blake wrote: > Hi, > > I'm hoping someone on here can help me with this. I've been trying to get > my ATI Radeon 9600 card working for ages. At first I was trying to get it > working in Linux and, initially, I thought it was a problem with the kern= el > so I thought I'd try FreeBSD instead and I've grown to really like it. > Anyway, I'm not interested in getting it to work in Linux anymore because= I > intend to carry on using FreeBSD. It seems really weird. I've been using > Linux for five years and I think I like the idea of not being comfortable > with an OS for a change =3Do) > > I get the same error message when I try to run X in Linux and FreeBSD. I'= ve > configured the kernel to use the "radeon" driver but when I run "startx" I > get an error. /var/log/XFree86.0.log shows this... > > (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0 > (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device > (WW) RADEON: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) > found (EE) No devices detected. > > Fatal server error: > no screens found > > I can run X fine if I change the driver to "vesa" but I don't want to run > in vesa mode. I want to have accelerated graphics =3Do) Please help, I re= ally > don't want to have to use Windows every time I want to see some accelerat= ed > graphics. > > Cheers, > > Darrell > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" =2D --=20 John R. Shannon john@johnrshannon.com =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (NetBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAj+79x0ACgkQOKbCxya4HYuimwCeIzMe0KfHSGbp8KwOpERjiCiN DB4AoLaPnj10oZgUTiMwi7/9iM89eywD =3Dd+yR =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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